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TRAVELL^'S GUIDE: , 
POCKET GAZETTEER 

OF THt 

L'xNlTED STATES; 

EXTRACTED FEOM THE LATEST EDITION C.v ^'-- - 
UNIVERSAL GAZETTEER. - 

AN APPENDIX, 

oxTviM^o Description ok some of the P«trciPAi. ^^ ^ .^ 

i,' . WITH TABLES OF DISTANCES OF PLACES, THE PO/J-^^J^^ ^ 
"^ VoMMEKCE?KEVEN.E, P.BUC HEBT, PMNCIPA. CANAL., aM> 
'. V V4F.10US INSTITUTIONS OF THE fNITID STAT£=. 

^^ ^^i> ILLUSTRATED ^Y A MAP- 



BY JEDIDIAH MORSE, D. D- 

ANO 

RICHARD C. MORSE, A. M 



rro-D EDITION : ENLARGED, revised, AND COIU 



^-EW HAVEX • 

-TTBTvlSHED BY S. WADS^oni 

1820. 






U.e'^fiftJel^.'l^ro^thft'^' '"4^°" ''' twenty-ninth day of MarA 

JedidiahMo'rfe''«ndyL'rd'c' Morse' Sf /h<f ."'■".^'f/-^.^ <^^Seric:., 
in this office th^ title of a hn;.t Thl' .^ t^^'^.^^'f' diPtnct, have deposltfecl ^- 
and proprietors i^Z tltrl'Sio^S^X it''''' '''' <^aim^ IjtRor^ 
tr.ctL'lrI,;^Ih'r?ILl?,i?:^^^^^^^^^^^ the United &, ex- 

pendix, ooBtaTnIng a deS S^q/o¥*'s^S S'}!"''*^ G^etteer- with an' In', 
with Tables of Distaiicfo fe^onnlS ^ ^''^ P^cipal places in CanadS; 
principal canals, anS^va^ous iSStnn^^ k' >' 'Z^;:?"^' P"^"^ ^^bt 
hv a map. By Jedidiah ftJorse D S »nH p ■ Z ^.n^%^. ^***^^- "I'^ireted 
e-dition, enh/ged, revised "and e^,^t,d,'^'''^''' ^•''''^"' ^- ^ Second 

" /n ac?St^/en'cou'rVe™eSf of^^S^^ °' "'^ •^^"".^'^ ^^•^-' «°«^'eU 
«^hart3> and books, to tK^hle ! If*™"?.' ^y securing th« copies of maps. 
tilxifis tkBTein mentioned." "^ Proprietors of such copJte, during the 

CHARLES A. INGERgOLL. 
A fnre copy oC Record, examined a^SllJly ^^^^^^'^^^/^^on'^o'^enn 
CH-A-RLES A. mGERSOLL. 

CtKrJc cf tkt Disnict of Coftheetibu:, 



■(\n< w-ork \% an Jibri&mfint of the fourth edition oY iMorSeis Lnt 
.,.6rsal Gazetteer. The basfs of tKat work, in i-e-speiot to what may be 
.called the permanent geography of the United StateTs, is the vdr?aus 
, pogrophlca-1 worlts of the senior Authqr, the information m whlcTx 
lias been gradually collected during a space of nearly 4D years, partly 
by coiTespondeiice with gentlemen of the first intelligence in the dii:-- 
ferent States, and partly by consultation of standard works, as they 
have from time to time appear^. Much informatix)n has also been 
r^ently collected, by correspondence, and extensive personal traveTs-. 
The valuable works which have Litely been published, on various 
parts of the country, have been systematically, and, it is believed- 
faithfully examined, and their consent's dl'g;p3CGd mt'« {Wfs n<;wcdi* 
tfon. 

Xf.w Haven, Api^d 41^, TB26- 



EXPLAIN^ATION OF ABRE\;iAT,IOxXS. 



Al. for 

Ark. 

cap. 

Ch'ft. 

C.H. 

CO. 

Ct. 
Del. 

dkt. 

fr. 

G. or Ga. 

111. 

Ind. 

isl. 

t. 

LC. 

m. 

Md. 

Ms. 

Me. 

Mi. 



Alabama 

Arkansas 

capital 

chief town 

court-house 

county 

Connecticut 

Delaware 

district 

from 

Georgia 

Illinois 

Indiana 

island 

Kentucky 

Louisiana 

Lower Canada 

miles 

Maryland 

Massachusetts 

Maine 

Mississippi 



Mo. 
NC. 
NH. 

m. 

NW. ter. 

NY. 

Pa. 

p-t. 

p-v. 

Pop. 



SC. 

s-p. 

sq. m. 

T. Ten. 

t. or t'n 

ter. 

UC. 

Va. 

Vt. 

U.S. 



Missouri 

North Carolina 

New Hampshire 

New Jersey 

North-west teritorv 

New York 

Pennsylvania 

post-town 

post-village 

Population 

river 

Rhode Island 

South Carolina 

sea-port 

square miles 

Tennessee 

town 

territory 

Upper Canada 

Virginia 

"Vermont 

United States 



Note.— When the population is expressed without date, it is un 
ticrstood to be according to the Census of 1820. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION 



THE UNITED STATES. 



Boundaries. The United States are bounded N. by the British do- 
minions ; E. by the Atlantic ocean ; S. by the Gulf of Mexico ; S. 
W. by the Spanish dominions ; and W. by the Pacific ocean. The 
boundary on the side of the Spanish dominions, according to the 
treaty with Spain, ratified in 1821, begins on the gulf of Mexico, at 
the mouth of the river Sabine, and proceeds along the west bank of 
that river to the 32d degree of N. fat. ; thence by a line due north, 
to Red river ; thence up that river to the meridian of 100* W. Ion. ; 
thence due N. along that meridian to the river Arkansas ; thence 
along the south bank of the Arkansas to its source, in lat. 42°, and 
thence along that parallel to the Pacific ocean. On the side of the 
British dominions the boundary begins in the Atlantic ocean at the 
mouth of the river St. Croix, and proceeds up that river to its source ; 
thence due north to the highlands which separate the waters falling 
into the St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic ; thence, 
along those highlands, in a S. W. direction, to the parallel of 45^ N. 
lat. ; thence, along that parallel to the river St. Lawrence, and 
thence, up that river, and tlie great lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, 
and S!:perior, to the most north-western point of the Lake of the 
Woods. By the treaty with Great Britain in 1819, the boundary line 
proceeds from the last mentioned point, due north or south, as the 
case may be, to the parallel of 49° N. lat. and thence due west along 
that parallel to the Rocky mountains. The boundary between the 
Rocky mountains and the Pacific ocean remains unsettled. The 
territory of the United States extends from 25° to 49° N. lat. and 
from 6G^ 49' to 125° W. Ion. from London, embracing upwards of 
20,000,000 square miles. 

Face of the country. This vast country is intersected by two prin- 
cipal ranges of mountains ; the Rocky mountains in the west, which 
run across the territory in a direction nearly parallel with the coast of 
the Pacific ocean, at the distance of several hundred miles, and the 
Alleghany mountains in the east, which run parallel with the'At- 
lantic coast from Georgia, through Tennessee, Virginia, and Penn- 
sylvania, to Hudson river, New-York. The immense valley in- 
cluded between these two ranges of mountains, is intersected by 
the Mississippi river, which runs from north to south, through thie 
whole length of the United States. The country west of the ;Mi»« 
siesippi, with tew exceptions, is a wilderness inhabited by uncrri' 



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S G£5£RAL BLSCAIPTIO^ OF TU£ UMT£D STAY£S. 

lieligion. The f>rinci[);il religious deiioniitiations are Presbytcvi' 
one and (/ongregatn)iialistN, who have tugeth(.'r more than 2,500 con- 
gregations ; the lia|)tiKls, who liaveniore than 2,700 eongregationfi ; 
the Friends, who have more than TjOO societies ; and the Episcopa- 
liane, about 600. The Methodists are also very numerous. The Bap- 
tJRtB and JVIeth(»dist8 are found in all parts ol'tht; United States ; the 
Conj^regationalists are almost wholly in i\ew England ; the I'resby- 
tonaus are scattered over the Middle, Southern, and Western States ; 
Friejids are most numerous in Pennsylvania and the adjoining States, 
and the Episcopalians in New Vork, Oonneetieut, Marylajui, and 
Viigiiiia. German 1-utherans, Ciurman Culvinists, and Moravians, 
tire also numerous in the Middle States. 

Government. The United States are a Federal republic. Each 
»^r the States is indep<-n<1ent, and has tht; exclusive c()ntrol of all 
•piicerns merely local ; but the defence of the country, the regula- 
t'ons of commerce and all the general interests of tlie confederacy, 
ai e eoinmiUed, by the c(»nstitution of the United States, to a general 
;Tovernment. The legislative power is vested in a Congress, con- 
Kist'i\g of a Senate and House of Reuresentatives. l"he Senate is 
conjposed of 2 members from each State, chosen by their legisla- 
tures for 6 years. The Representatives are chosen by the people 
biennially, each State being entitled to a number proportioned to its 
iree pouulation, and in the slave-holding States every five slaves are 
uliowed to count the same as three freemen. The President and 
Vice President are chosen for 4 years, by electors appointed for the 
purpose, and each State appoints as many electors, as the whole 
number of its Senators and Repreaentatives. The salary of the Pre- 
sident is |25,000 per annum, of tlie Vice Presideiit |5,000. The 
principal officers in the executive department are the Secretary of 
State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Sec- 
retary of the Navy, the Attorney General, and the Post-master Gen- 
era i. 

Rapid Increase. Since the establishment of the present govern- 
ment in 1789, the growth of the United States in population, cona- 
inerce, and wealth, has been without a parallel in the history of the 
world. The population in 1790, was 3,929,326, and in 1820, 9,625,734. 
1(1 1790, the value of exports was |16,000,000: it is now about 
$70,000,000. The revenue in 1790, was 12,410,320 ; it is now more 
than $20,000,000. In 1790, the number of post-offices was 75, and 
the extent of post-roads 1,875 miles ^ in 1824, the number of post-of- 
iiceswao 5,182, and the extent of post-roads 87,850 miles. The 
amount of shipping in 1790, was 486,090 tons ; in 1820, 1,280,165 tons. 

For tables illustrating the state of the commerce, population, and 
resources of the United States, sec Appencdx. 



GAZETTEKR 



THE UMTKD STATES. 



A BR 
Aajiomsburo, p-t. Centre co. Pa. 
15 m. E. Bellefont, 40 W. by N. fr. 
Sunbury. 

Abbeville, district, S. C. on Sa- 
vannah r. Top. 22,167, slaves, 
y,615. 

Abbeville, p-t. and cap. Abbcviih: 
die. IIU ni. W. Columbia. 

Abbotstuion. See Jienoick. 

Abingdon, t. Harford co. Md. 
20 m. N. E. Baltiniorc, pop. 3(10. 

Abingdon, p-t. and cap. Wash- 
ington CO. Va. near the S. W. cor- 
ner of the ataie, 260 in. from Rich- 
mond. A cave, arched vi^ith a 
massy ro<;k, ))enetrates 3001"eet in- 
to the hill on which the town 
stands. Jt lias several apar;- 
ments, and a brook running 
through it. 

Abington,u-i. Plymouth co. Ms. 
18 ni. S. E. Boston. I'op. 1,920. 

Abington, \it. Luzerne CO. I'.i. 
145 m. N. E. Harrisburgh, 15 N. 
E. Wilkesbarre. Pop. 1,012. 

Abington, t. Montgomery co. 
Pa. 12 m. N, Philadelphia. Pop. 
3,455. 

Abrani's cfef.k, r. N. Y. falls in- 



ADA 
to the Hudson 4 in. above f ludson. 

Acadia, co. La. Pop. in 1810, 
6,174. Chief t. G.Klborrya. 

Accornac, co. Va. on the P^'. 
shore. fop. 15,966. Slaved^ 
.5,480. Chief t. Druniniondtovvn. 
270 m. E. Richmond, 214 S. E- 
Wa.sl)iiigton. 

Acquasco, p-v. Prince George's 
CO. Md. 38 S. E. Washington, oii 
Patu.tent river. 

Acton, t. in Windham co. Vr. 
18 m. N. W. Brattleburough. Pop. 
204. 

Acton, p-l. Middlesex co. Ms. 
24 ni. N. VV. Boston. Pop. 1,047. 

Acviorlk, p-t. Cheshire co. iVH. 
50 in. VV. of Concord. Pop. 1,472. 

Adair, i-A). Ky. Chief t. Colum- 
bia, fop. 8,765. Slaves 1,509. 

Adams, t. Coos co. NH. 64 m. 
iV. Concord. Pop. 363. 

/Idmas, p-t. Berkshire co. M.9. 
29 m. N. Lenox. Po[>. I,8:i6. 

Adama, p-t. Jefferson co. NY. 
166m. W.N. W. Albany. Pop. 
2,467. 

Adams, t. Lancaster co. Pa, 20 
rn. N. K. L^^icasrer. 



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10 



A h B 



,^<Z«yjs, p-t. Dauphine co. Pa. ida and the gulf of Mexico ; W. I. 

Adams y CO. Pa. bordering on Mississippi, Area 44,000 square in 
Md. Chieft. Gettysburgh. Pop. Pop. in 1820, 127,901, of whom 
19,370. 41,879 were slaves; inl825, 

AdamSy CO. Mi,, on Mississippi r. 1230,284. 
Chief towns, Natchez and Wash-} Aiabamay p-t. Monroe co. AI. 
ington. Fop. 9,892. Slaves l,290.ion Alabama r. 10 m. below Fort 



Adams, t. Washington co. O 
OR the Muskingum, 10 m. N. Ma- 
rietta. Pop. 324. 

Adams, co. O. Chieft. West- 
union. Pop. 10,406. 

Adams, t. Darke co. O. Pop..'M3 

Adams, p-t. St. Clair co. 111. 

Addison, t. Washington co. IMe 
15 m. W. of Machias. Pop. M9. 

Addison, CO. \t. Chieft. Mid 
dlebury. Sq. m. 700. Pop. 20,469 

Addison, p-t Addison co. ^'t. on 
Lake Champlain, opposite Crown 
Point, 69 m. S. W. of Montpelier, 
and 10 W. Middlebury. Pop. 
1,210. 

Addison, p-t. Steuben co. N. Y. 
15 m. S. Bath. Pop. 652. 

Addison, t. Somerset co. Pa. W. 
f>. W. Harrisburg. Pop. 755 

Addison, t. Gallia co. O. on the 
Olno, 4 m. N. Gallipolis. Pop. 636. 

Adelphi, p-t. Rossco. 0. 16 m. 
N. E. Chillicothe. Pop. 132. 

Adgate's Jails. See Chester- 
field, N. Y. 

Agamenticus, rnt. Me. in the 
township of York. 

Agawam, p-v. Hampden co 
Bis. 2 m. S. \V. Springfield. 

Agawam, the nameof Wcstfield 
r. towards the mouth 

Ahpmoojaenee-Gamook, a lake 
in Me. N. of Mooseheadlake, dis- 
charges its waters by the river St 
John into the bay of Fundy. 

Air, t. Bedford co. Pa. S. W 
Harrisburg. Pop. 1,760. 

Alabama, one of the US. bound- 
ed N. by Ten. ; E. by Georgia, 



Jackson. 

, Alabama, r. is formed by the 
union of the Coosa and Tallapoo- 
sa, and flowing S. S. W. unites 
ith the Tombigbee to form Mo- 
bile r. 45 m. irom the hend of Mo- 
bile bay. From its mouth to the 
mouth of the Cahawba, 210 miles, 
t has 4 or 5 feet water ; and from 
the mouth of the Cahawba, to the 
forks of the Coosa and Tallapoosa, 
3 feet in the sliallowest places. It 
s navigable for sloops to Fort 
Claiborne. 

Alachua Savannah, in Florida, 
75 m. W. St. Augustine, the site 
of the ancient Alachua Indian 
towns. 

Alaiamaha, r. Ga. formed by 
the union of the Oconee and Oak- 
mulgee. It runs S. E. and falls 
into the Atlantic by several 
mouths, between Sapelo and St. 
Simond's islands, 60 m. S. W. Sa- 
vannah. It is navigable for ves- 
sels of 30 tons, as far as Milledge- 
ville on the Oconee branch, 300 m. 
from the ocean. The bar at the 
mouth has 14 feet at low water. 

Albany, ^'t. Oxford co. Me. 18 
m. N. W. Paris. Pop. 288. 

Albany, p-t. Orleans co. Vt. 34 
m. N. IV. E. Montpelier. Pop. 253. 

Albany, co. NY. Pop. 38,116. 

Albany, city, Albany co. the ca- 
pital of New York and the second 
town in population, wealth, and 
commerce in the State, stands on 
the Vv^ bank of the Hudson, 144 
N. New York, 165 W. Boston, 



from which it is separated in part 230 S. Montreal. Lat. 42° 38' N. 
by tne Chatahcochee ; S. by Fluii-^Loii. 73° 13' W. The town is di- 



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vidi'd into 5 wards, and extends 
about 2 miles N. and S.on the river, 
a nd in the widest part, about 1 mile 
from E. to W. It is compactly 
built. The streets are generally 
paved ; the principal are Market, 
State, and Pearl streets. A large 
proportion of the houses are of 
brick, and the style of building has 
much improved within a few years. 
Among the public buildings are a 
State House, substantially built of 
stone, at an expense of ^120,000, 
and containing chambers for the 
senate and house of representa- 
tives, a court room, jury rooms, of- 
fices, and lobbies ; an eleg^ant 
Academy, situate on Capitol hill, 
and built of the Jersey freestone ; 



it was erected by the citizens of Charlottesville. Pop. 19,750 



Albany, and the expense, exclu- 
sive of the ground on which it 
stands, was $90,000 ; a large brick 
building for the Lancaster school; 
a jail, an almshouse, theatre, arse- 
nal, 3 banks, and 12 houses for 
public worship. Among the oth- 
er institutions are a Chamber of 
Commerce, Insurance Company, 
City Library, and Lyceum of Natu- 
ral History. Albany has but few 
manufactures, among which are 3 
air furnaces, a globe manufactory, 
and 5 breweries, one of which is 
capable of making 250 barrels a 
day. The city is supplied with 
water from a spring 3 miles dis- 
tant, by an aqueduct which con- 
veys the water to every house. 
Albany is finely situated for trade, 
at the head of sloop navigation, 
and connected by canals with 
Lake Erie and Lake Champlain. 
The Albany basin where the wa- 
ters of the canal unite with the 
Hudson river consists of that part 
of the river which is included be- 
Ivsreen the city and an artificial 



wide and 4,300 feet in iciiglJ., 
The pier contains about 8 acres', 
andis i^mncctedwiththe city by 
draw bridges across the basin; 
cost of the pier $130,000. The 
basin covers a surface of 32 acrcsi, 
and is connected by locks with the 
canal and vv'ith the river. Steam- 
boats constantly ply between this 
city and New York, and perform 
their route usually in less than 
20 hours. Pop. in 1810, 9,356 ; in 
1820, 12,630; in 1825, 15,974. 
From the cupola of the State 
House there is a rich and exten- 
sive prospect. 

Albany^ t. Berks co. Pa. E. Har- 
risburg. Pop. 995. 

Albemarle, co. Va. Chief t. 



slaves, 10,659. 

Albemarle Sound, on the coast 
of NC. in the N. E. part of the 
state, is 60 m. long from E. to W. 
and from 4to 15 wide. It receives 
the Chowan, Roanoke, and several 
smaller rivers. It communicates 
with Pamlico sound and the ocean 
by several narrow inlets and with 
Chesapeake bay by a canal cut 
through Dismal Swamp. 

Albion, p-t. andcap. of Edwards 
CO. 111. 40 m. S. \V. "Vincenncs. 
It stands on the dividing ridge be- 
tween the Great and Little Wa- 
bash rivers, 12 m. from the former 
and 6 from the latter, in a dry and 
healthy situation, while it is v> ell 
supplied with springs of water. It 
was originally settled by English 
emigrants ; and contained in 1821 
a large market house, a place for 
public worship, a library, and 
news-room, several mills, and a 
court house of brick. Pop. 200, 

Albrights, p-t. Orange co. NC. 

Alhurg; p-t. and port of entry, 
Grand Isle co. Vt. 33 m, N. Byr- 



]»ier erected in the viver, 80 ieet'lington. pop. 1.172. 



ALE 12. 

Alaen, p-t.Erie co. NY. 22 m. 
'ii. Buffalo. 



ALL 



Aleppo, t. Green co.««S«»-Pop. 

570. 

Alexander, p-t. Genesee co. 
NY. 8 m. S. Batavia. Pop. 1,496. 

Alexander, t. Athens co. O. Pop. 
C37. 

Alexander, co. 111. at the angle 
between Ohio and Mississippi ri 
vers. Pop. 626. 

AUxanderville, v. Montgomery 
CO. O. on Miami r. 7 m. below Day- 
ton. 

Alexandria, t. Washington co. 
Me. 30 m. N. Machias. 

Alexandria, t. Grafton co. NH. 
27 m. N. Concord. Pop. 707. 

Alexandria, p-t. Jefferson co. 
NY. 30 m. N. E. Watertown. 

Alexandria^'p-i. Hunterdon, NJ. 
Pop.2,27L 

Alexandria, p-t. Huntington co. 
Pa. 89 m. W. Harrisburg, 10 m. 
N. W. Huntington. Pop. 280. 

Alexandria, co. DC. Pop. (ex- 
cept the city) 1,485. Slaves 422. 

Alexandria, city, and port of 
entry, DC. on the W. bank of the 
Potomac, 7 m. S. "Washington 
The public buildings are a court 
house, and 6 churches, viz. : 2 for 
presbyterians, 2 for episcopalians, 
1 for quakers, and 1 for Roman 
catholics. Here is an Episcopal 
Theological Seminary with 2 pro- 
fessors. No. of students in 1825, 19, 
It has a commodious harbor, suffi- 
ciently deep for the largest ships, 
and is a place of extensive trade, 
especially in the article of flour 
Exports in 1810, |930,634. Ship 
ping in 1816, 11,811 tons. Pop 
8,218; slaves, 1,335. 

Alexandria, p-t. in the parish of 
Rapide, La. on Red river, 120 m. 
from its mouth, 80 below Naki- 
tosh, and 350 by water from New 
Orleans. It is laid out regularly 



in squares. On the public squaR- 
stands an elegant court house ot 
brick. The college of Rapide is 
a large handsome brick building. 
There is a steam saw and grist 
m)ll half a mile below the town. 
Alexandria is a flourishing placcj 
and is settled almost wholly by 
Americans. 
Alexandria, p-t. Campbell co. 

Ky- 

Jllexandria, t. Scioto co. O. on 
the Ohio r. at the mouth of the 
Scioto, which separates it from 
Portsmouth, 45 m. S. Chillicotho- 

Alexandriana, p-t. Mecklen- 
burg CO. NC. 157 m. S. W. Ku- 
leigh. 

Alford, t. Berkshire co. Ms. 
Pop.'670. 

Alfbrdsiown, t. and cap. Moore 
CO. NC. 30 m. W. N. W. Fayettc- 
ville. 

Alfred, p-t. and half shire, York 
CO. Me. 24 m. N. York. Pop. 1271. 

Alfred,\i-t. Alleghany co. NY. 
10 m. S. E. Angelica. Pop. 1,701 . 
/llgonqnins, Indians, a large 
tribe in the neighborhood of the 
Assiniboins, on both sides of the 
line which divides the U. S. from 
CJ. Canada, W. of the Mississippi. 

Alleghany, co. NY.sq. m. 1120. 
Pop. 9,330. Chief t. Angelica. 

Alleghany, co. Pa. Chief t. 
Pittsburg. Pop. 34,921. 

Alleghany, t. Cambria co. Pa. 
W. Harrisburg. Pop. 947. 

Alleghany, t, Huntington co; 
Pa. W. Harrisburg. Pop. 773. 

Alleghany, t. Venango co. Pa. 
N. W. Harrisburg. Pop. 671. 

Alleghany, t. Armstrong co. 
Pa. W. Harrisburg. Pop. 1,413. 

Alleghany, t. Westmoreland co. 
Pa. Pop. 1,388. 

Alleghany, t. Somerset co. Pa. 
Pop. 372. 

Alltghxiny, co. Md. Cfiiief ^- 



ALL 



l:i 



A ME 



Cumberland. Pop. 8,654 ; slavesl 
795. 

Alleghany, mountains of the U. 
S. commence in the N. part of Ga. 
and running N. E. nearly parallel 
with the coast of the Atlantic 
Ocean, at the distance of 250 
miles, pass through N. Carolina, 
Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsyl- 
vapia to New-York. They divide 
the waters which flow into the At- 
lantic from those which flow into 
the Mississippi. 

Alleghany, r. rises in Pa. and 
runs first N. W. into New York, 
and then by a bend to the S. W. 
again enters Pennsylvania, and at 
Pittsburg unites with the Monon- 
gahela to form the Ohio. It is a 
steady stream, and navigable for 
keel boats of 10 tons to Hamilton, 
260 m. above Pittsburg. 

Allemand, r. falls into the Mis- 
sissippi from the S. E. 45 m. S. 
Natchez. 

Aliens, t. Cumberland co. Pa. 
near Harrisburg. Pop. 2,995. 

Allen, t. Northampton co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,847. 

Allen, CO. Ry. Chief t. Scotts- 
vjlle. Poo. 5,327. Slaves 723. 

Allen, CO. O. formed 1820. 

Allen, CO. Indiana. 

Allen's Creek, r. NY. runs into 
Genesee r. at Caledonia. j 

Allen's fresh, ^-w. Charles co.i 
Md. 43 m. S. Washington, on Wi- 
comico river. | 

Allenstown, t. Merrimack co 
NH. 10 m. S. E.Concord. Pop. 
433. ' 

Allenstoion, p-v. Monmouth co. 
NJ. 11 m. E. Trenton. i 

Allenstown, p-t. and cap. Lehigh 
CO. Pa. on Lehigh river, 52 m. N. 
N. W. Philadelphia. Pop. 1,291. 

Alligator, r. NC, runs through 
Alligator Swamp into Albemarle 
sonnd. 



Alloway Creek, t. Salem co. NJ, 

Allowoy, r. Salem co. NJ. runs 
into the Delav/are. 

Almirante, r. Florida, runs S. 
E. into Pensacola bay. 

Almond, p-t. Alleghany co. NY. 
il3 m. N. E. Angelica, 
I Alna, formerly Mew Milford, 
p-t. Lincoln co." Me. 10 m. N. 
Wiscasset. Pop. 978. 

Alsace, t. Berks co. Pa. Pop. 
1,640. 

Alstead, p-t. Cheshire co. NH. 
50 m. W. Concord. Pop. 1,611. 

Alston, t. NC. near the sea, 20 
m. W. Brunswick. 

Altamaha. See Alatamaha. 

Alton, p-t. Strafibrd co. NH.on 
the S. end of Lake Winnipiseogee, 
22 m. N. E. Concord. Pop. 2,058. 

Alton, p-t. Madison co. 111. on 
the Mississippi, 3 m. above the 
mouth of the Missouri, 20 N. St. 
Louis. Near it is a coal mine. 

Alum-^creek, O. runs into the Big 
Walnut, 8 m. S. E. Columbus. 

Amanda, t. Fairfield co. O. 7 
m. W. Lancaster. Pop. 1,221. 

Amboy, or Perth Amhoy, city, 
and p-t. Middlesex co. NJ. on a 
point of land, at the union of Rari- 
tan river with Arthur KuU sound, 
35 m. S. W. New York, 74 N. E. 
Philadelphia. It has one of the 
best harbors on the continent. 
Pop. 798. Shipping in 1816, 
10,899 tons. 

Amelia, co. Va. Pop. 11,104* 
Slaves, 7,400. 

Amelia, isl. in the Atlantic, on 
the E. coast of Florida, 7 leagues 
N. St. Augustine. Lat. 30° 28' N. 
It is 13 m. long and 2 broad. Chief 
t. Fernandina. 

Amenta, p-t. Dutchess co. NY. 
24 m. N.E. Poughkeepsie. Pop. 
3,114. Here is a marble quarry. 

America, p-t. and cap. Alexan- 
ider CO. 111. on the Ohio, 7 m. froni 



AMI 



14., 



A ^" D 



its junction with the Mississippi 
It is elevated above the floods of 
the river, and the navigation to 
this place is almost unobstructed. 

Ameriscoggin. See Andros- 
coggin. 

Ames^ p-t. Athens co. 0. 12 m. 
N. E. Athens. Pop. 707. 

Amesbury^ p-t. Essex co. Ms. 
on the N. side of the Merrimack, 5 
ra. W. N. W. Newburyport. Poo. 
1,956. 

Amherst., p-t. and half-shire. 
Hillsborough co. N. H. 30 m. S 
Concord, 43 N. W. Boston, 60 W. 
Portsmouth. Pop. 1,622. The 
village, which is pleasantly situ 
ated on a plain, contams a congre 
gational church, court-house, jail, 
school-house, and a printing office 
from which a weekly paper is is- 
sued. 

Amherst, p-t. Hampshire co. 
Ms. 8 m. N. E. Northampton, 8^ 
W. Boston. Pop. 1,917. Am 
herst college was incorporated in 
1825. Its officers are a president 
t> professors, and 1 tutor. Stu- 
dents 152. Two college edifices 
are to be erected next year. The 
library belonging to this institu 
lion contains 900 volumes, and the 
Society libraries have about 400 
more. The charity fund is large, 
and the expense of living very mo- 
derate. 

Amherst, t. Erie co. N. Y. Pop, 
768. 7 m. E. Buffalo. 

Amherst, co. Va. Pop. 10,423, 
Slaves, 5,577. 

Amherst springs, p-v. Amherst 
CO, Va. 124 m. W. Richmond. 

AmissviUe, p-v. Culpepper co. 
\a. 86 m. W. Washington. 

Amite, co. Mi. Chief t. Liberty. 
Pop. 6,853. Slaves, 2,838. 

Amite, r. Mi. runs into the Iber- 
vjile 40 m. above its entrance 
info lake Maurepas. It is na- 



vigable for boats nearly to its 
source. 

Amity, t. Berks co. Pa. Poo. 
1,090. 

Ammonoosnck, Loxoer, r. NH. 
rises in the White Mountains,near 
the sources of the Merrimack, and 
runs W. into the Connecticut at 
Bath. 

Ammonoosuck, Upper, r. KH. 
runs into the Connecticut at 
Northumberland. 

Amoskeag falls, in the Merri- 
mac, 15 m. below Concord, around 
which is a canal. The descent is 
48 feet 3 inches in the course of 
half a mile. 

Amsterdam, p-t. Montgomery 
CO. NY. on Mohawk r. 30 m. W. 
Albany. Pop. 3,171. The village 
contains a presbyterian churcli, a 
printing office, and numerous 
mills. 

Amwell, p-t. Hunterdon co. ISJ. 
16 m. N. Trenton. Pop. 6,749. 

Amwell, t. Washington co. Pa. 
S. W. Pittsburg. Pop. 1,825. 

Anastasia, isl. off the E. coast 
of Florida, opposite the city of St. 
Augustine. It is about 25 m. long, 
and is separated from the main 
land by an arm of the sea called 
Matanzas river. It contains quar- 
ries of free stone. 

Ancocus Creek, NJ. falls into 
the Delaware, 6 m. S. W. Bur- 
lington. It is navigable 16 miles. 

Ancram, t. Columbia co. N. Y. 
21 m. S. E. Hudson, on Ancram 
creek. Here are extensive iron 
orke. The ore is supplied chief- 
ly from Salisbury, Ct. Pop. 3,147. 

Anderson, co. E. Ten. on Clinch 

N. W. Knoxville. Chief t. 
Clinton. Pop. 4,668. Slaves 349. 

Anderson, t. Hamilton co. O. 
Pop. 2,122. 

Anderson, r. Ind. runs into the 
Ohio below Trov, 



A ^ X 
was 1 32. The whole number vfh<^ 
have completed their education 
here is 335. The library cont3in^^ 
about 5,000 volumes. The build- 



\ Mj i 

. j/(c/t5, p-t. Delaware co. NY. 
Vop. 1,378. 15 m. S. Delhi. 

Andover, t. O.xfordco. Me. Pop. 
368. 

Andover^ p-t. Merrimack co.jings are on a lofty eminence, and 
JN'H. on the Merrimack, 18 m. N.jcommandan extensive prospect. 
W. Concord. Pop. 1,642. It [They consist of an elegant brick 
contains a printing press, several! edifice, containing the chapel, li- 
mills and manufactories, and anibrary, and lecture rooms ; 2 spa- 
Academy, for the endowment ofjcious brick edifices, containing 
whicli, a legacy of ,'^•10,000 was [rooms for the accommodation of 
bequeathed by the late Mr. Joseph " 
Noyes. 

Jlndovet\ t. y\'indsnr co. Vt. 20 
m. S. W. Windsor. Pop. 1,000. 

Andover, p-t. Essex co. Ms. 20 
m. N. Boston ; 16 W. N. W. Sa- 
lem ; 20 S. W. Newburyport. Pop. 
3,889. Phillips Academy in this 
town is the most flourishing acade- 
my in the State. It was founded 
in" 1773 by the Hon. Samuel Phil- 
lips, Esq. of Anik'Ver, and his bro- 
ther,the Hon. John Phillips, LL.D. 
of Iilxeter. Its otTicers are a princi- 
j)al, 3 assistants, a teacher of sa- 
cred music, and a writing master. 
The number of students in 1822 
was 130, all of whom were pursu- 
ing the study of the learned lan- 
guages. The iastitution is accom-]where it receives a branch called 
modated with a large and commo- 



128 students ; and houses for eacli 
of the professors and the steward. 
A majority of the students are sup- 
ported in whole or in part by cha- 
rity. The academy and the The- 
ological Seminary are under the 
same Board of Trustees. 

Andover, p-t. Tolland co. Ct. 
15 m. E.Hartford. 

Andover, t. Sussex co. NY. 30 
m. N. Trenton, 40 AV. N. W. New 
York. 

Andover, t. Alleghany co. N.Y, 

Andover, t. Ashtabula co. O. 
Pop. 185. 

Androscoggin, or Ameriscog- 
gin, r. which forms the outlet of 
Umbagog Lake. The first part of 
its course is in N. Hampshire 



Peabody's river, rising in the 
White Mountains. After entering 
Maine it runs first in an easterly 



dious brick building, 80 feet by 40, 
erected in 1818, on a range with 
tiie buildings of the Theological land then in a southerly direction, 
Seminary. The Theological Sem- and joins the Kennebec at Merry 
iuary was founded iu 1808, and 
lias been richly endowed entirely 
by private bounty. The whole a- 
mount of what has been contri- 
buted for permanent use in this 
seminary, including the perma- 
nent funds, library and public 
buildings, is more than three hun- 
dred and jifty thousand dollars, 
and this has been contributed al- 
most entirely from six families. 
In 1824 the officers were 4 profes- 
sors, and ihe number of students 



meeting bay,18 m. from its moutli. 
Its whole course is about 150m. 
At Lewistown, near the mouth of 
the river, is a perpendicular fall 
of 30 feet. 

AngtUca,i^-t. and cap. Allegha- 
ny co. NY. on Genesee r. 40 m. W, 
Bath, 260 W. Albany. Pop. 
1,510. 

Annapolis, city, Ann-Arundel 
CO. Md. on the S!^ bank of the Se- 
vern, 30 m. S. Baltimore, 40 E. 
N. E. Washington. P-vp rtbo,.'; 



APO 



It] 



ARA 



2,000. It is the^seat of the Stateicastle co. Delaware. Pop. 3,388. 

AppcUachia. See St. Marks. 
Appalachicola^ r. Florida, is 
centre of the city. From this i formed by the junction of Chata- 
point the streets diverge in every jhoochee and Flint rivers, and 
direction like the radii of a circle, jflowing 200 miles, falls into Apa- 
Shipping in 1815, 2,553 tons. jlachy bay. It is navigable for 

Ann- Arundel, co. Md. on the [vessels drawing 6 feet water- 
Pop, i Appalachichola, t. Florida, on 
Chief t.jthe above river, 100 m. N. E. Pen- 
sacola. 

Appleton, p-t. Lincoln co. Mc. 
35 m. N. E. Wiscasset. Pop. 51 1 . 
Appling, CO. Ga. Pop. 1,262. 
.Slaves 78. 

Applington, t. and cap. Colum- 
bia CO. Ga. 
AppomatoXy r. Va. a S. branch 



government. The State-house is 
a noble edifice, standing in the! 



W. side of Chesapeake bay. 
27,165. Slaves 10,301 ' 
Annapolis. 

Annsburg, p-t. Washington co. 
Me. 30 m. iN. W. Machias. 

Anson, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 
on the Kennebec, 12 m. N. W. 
Norridgewock. Pop. 948. 

Anson, CO. NC. Pop. 12,534. 
Slaves, 3,476. 



Anthony''s Kill, r. NY. runs intolof James river, empties at City 



the Hudson from the W. 7 m 
above the Mohawk. 

Anthony'' s ^A'bse, 
tory, on the E. side of Hudson r. 
52 m. N. New- York. 

Anthony^s JVose, mt. 500 feet 
high, on the N. bank of the Mo- 
hawk, in Johnstown. 

Antis, t. Huntington co. Pa. 
Pop. 757. 

Antoine, t. Clark co. Ark. Pop. 



Antrim^ p-t, 
NH. 30 m. S. W. Concord 



Hillsborough co. 
■ " ' Pop. 

1,330. 

Antrim, t. Franklin co. Pa. 
Pop. 4,120. 

Antwerp, p-t. Jefferson co. NY. 
23 m. N. E. Watertown. Pop. 
1,319. 

Anville, p-t. Lebanon CO. Pa. 17 
m. fr. Harrisburg. Pop. 2,322. 

Apcdachian. See Alleghany Mts. 

Apalachie, r. Ga. the S. branch 
of the Oconee, which it joins 4 m. 
W. Greensborough. 

Apoquinomink, creek, Del- runs 
into Delaware bay, 2 m. below 
Reedy Island. 

Apoqmnitnink, hundred, Ncw- 



pomt. There are falls at Peterfe- 
jburgh, 12 m. above its mouth, 
lofty promon-' around which there is a canal, 
which has opened the navigation 
for SO miles above that city. 

Aquackanock, p-t. EsSex co. 
NJ. 10 m. above Newark, on the 
Passaic which is navigable to this 
place for small boats. Pop. 3,338. 

Aquia, p-t. Staftbrd co. Va. 42 
m. S. W- Washington, 80 N. E. 
Richmond, on Aquia creek, which 
empties into the Potomac. Here 
are extensive quarries of free- 
stone, of which the Capitol and 
President's house at Washington 
are built. 

Ararat, a Hebrew city on Grand 
isl. in Niagara r. NY. opposite the 
mouth of the Erie canal. The 
corner stone of the city was laid 
Sept. 15, 1825. It is designed as 
a refuge for Jews from all parts of ^ 
the world. ;> 

Ararat, or Pilot Mt. NC. on thei: 
N. side of Yadkin r. near Salem. 
It rises like a pyramid to the height 
of several thousand feet, with an 
area of an acre on the top, from 
.which it shoots up like a steeple 



ARK 



A S H 



J50j& feet high, and 100 in diameter'' bank of the Arkansas river, abouf! 
at the base, and terminates in al20 miles in a direct line, and 60 



flat surface. It is seen at 70 miles 
distance; and served the Indians 
Ibr a beacon or pilot in their routes 

Jlrcker^ t. Harrison co. O. 4 m 
N.Cadiz. Pop. 1,105. 

Argyle^ p-t. Washington co. NY 
on the Hudson, 45 m. above Al- 
bany. Pop. 2,811. 

Arkansas, a territory of the U, 
S. bounded N. by the State and 
Territory of Missouri, E. by the 
. Mississippi, .S. by Louisiana and by 
Hcd tiver, which separates it from 
the SpTinish dominions, and W. by 
the Spanish dominions. Pop. in 
1810, 1,062 ; m 1825, about 30,000. 
Scat of government, Little Rock. 

Arkansas, r. U. S. which rises 
in the Rocky mountains in about 
lat. 41° N. and pursuing a south- 
easterly course, joins the Missis- 
sippi, 400 m. above the mouth of 
Red river. It forms for some dis- 
tance the boundary between the 
U. States and the Spanish posses- 
sions, it then flows for a short dis- 
tance in the territory of Missouri, 
and enters Arkansas near the N. 
W. corner, and after traversing 
the whole length of this territory 
falls into the Mississippi. The 
length of the river is more than 
2,000 miles. It has a few slight 
rapids and shoals, but Jiot such as 
to prevent its navigation. Steam- 
boats have ascended to Fort 
Smith, 500 m. from the Mississip- 
pi. Its principal tributaries are 
Grand or Sixth Bull, and Verdi- 
gris rivers from the north, and the 
La Feve, Petit John, Poteau and 
Canadian from the south. 

Arkansas, co. Ark. Pop. in 
1825, 893, Slaves 141. 

Arkansas, or Osark, p-t. and 
t;ap. Arkansas co. is situated on 
an elevated bluff on the north 



by water from the Mississippi, be- 
ing the first spot in ascending the 
river that is secure from inunda- 
dation. It is a scattered settle- 
ment of about 40 houses, and was 
formed by the French more than a 
century ago. Most of the inhab- 
itants are now of mixed blood, de- 
scendants of French and Indians. 
Pop. 726. 

Arkport, p-v. Steuben Co. NY. 
on Canisteo river, 25 m. W. Bath. 

Arlington, p-t. Bennington co. 
Vt. 12 m. N. Bennington. Pop. 
1,354. 

Armagh, p-t. Indiana ct). Pa. 
50 m. E. Pittsburg. 

Armagh, t. Mifflin co. Pa. Pop. 
1,513. 

Armstrong, co. Pa. on the Al- 
leghany. Chief t. Kittaning. Pop. 
10,324. 

Armstrong, t. Indiana co. Pa. 
Pop. 587. 

Arnold''s old place, p-v. Fauquier 
CO. Va. 56 ra. W. Washington. 

Aroostic, r. rises in Me. Rnd 
running E. joins the St. John in 
New Brunswick. 

Arthur Kull. See J^ewark Bay. 

Arundell, p-t. York co. Me. on 
the sea-coast, 21. m. N. E. York. 
Pop. 2,478. 

Asbury, p-t. Warren co. NJ. on 
the Musconctcunk, 35 N. Trenton. 

Asbury, a missionary station of 
the Methodists, among the Creek 
ndians. 

Ascension, parish, La. Pop. 
3,728. Slaves, 2,129. 

Ascutney, mt. Vt. in Windsor. 
It is 3,320 feet above the level of 
the sea. 

Ash, CO. NC. Pop. 4,335. 
Slaves 250. 

Ashawilisi. See Ashuelot. 

Ashbijfough, p-t. and cap. Ran- 



ASY 



dolph CO. NC. 85 m. W. Raleigh. 

Ashhurnham, p-t. Worcester co. 
Ms. 55 m. N. W. Boston, 30 N. 
Worcester. Pop. 1,230. 

Ashlnj, p-t. Middlesex co. Ma. 
50 m. N. W. Boston. Pop. 1,188. 

Jishjield^ p-t. Franklin co. Ms. 
15 m. N. W. Northampton. Pop. 
1,748. 

Ashford^ p-t. Windham co. Ct. 
31 m. N. E. Hartford. Pop. 2,778. 

Ash/ord, t. Cataraugus co. NY. 



! A r II 

Atchafaluyay an outlet of Mis' 
sissippi r. which leaves the main 
stream 2 m. below the mouth of 
Red river, and running south, 
nearly 200 miles, falls into Atcha- 
falaya bay. 

Athens, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 
22 m. N. E. Norridgewock, 50 N. 
Hallowell. Pop. 590. 

Athens, t. Windham co. Vt. 10 
S. Bellowsfalls. Pop. 507. 

Athens, p-t. Greene co. NY. on 



Ashley, r. SC, rises N. of the Hudson,opposite Hudson city. 



Charleston, and passing along the 
W. side of that city, unites with 
Cooper r. in Charleston harbour, 
7 m. from the ocean. 

Ashtabula,co.O. Chief t. Jeffer- 
son. Pop. 7,382. 

Ashtabula, p-t. Ashtabula co. 
O. on Lake Erie, 6 m. N. Jefferson. 
Pop. 929. 

Ashtabula, r. O. runs into Lake 
Erie, 45 m, W. Erie. 

Ashton, t. Delaware co. Pa. Pop. 
765. 

Ashville, p-t, and cap. Bun- 
combe CO. N.C. 

Ashuelot, r. NH. which runs in- 
to the Connecticut at Hinsdale. 

Assonet, p-v. Bristol co. Ms. 42 
ni. S. Boston. 

Assumption, parish. La. Pop. 
3,576. Slaves, 1,149. 

Assumption, p-t. Lafourche co. 
La. 91 m. from New Orleans. Pop. 
2,472. 

Aston, t. Delaware co. Pa. Pop. 
753. Here are numerous manu- 
factories. 

Astoria, settlement, Oregon ter. 
at the mouth of Columbia river, 
established by the American Fur 
Company. It stands on the S. 
bank of the river, 14 m. fr. the sea. 
Lat. 46° 15/ N. 

Asylum, p-v. Luzerne co. Pa. 
on the Susquehannah, 176 m. 
aboTe Harrisburg. Pop. 471 . 



28 m. below Albany. Pop. 2,030, 
Athens, p-t. Bradford co. Pa. on 
the Susquehannah, at the junction 
of the Tioga, 4 m. S. of the New- 
York line, 90 above Wilkesbarre.- 
Pop. 1,108. 

Athens, p-t. and cap. Clarke co. 
Geo. on the main road from 
Augusta to Nashville, Ten. 94 m. 
from the former, and about 300 
from the latter. It contains about 
45 families besides many respecta- 
ble visitants who resort here to 
spend the sultry months. The uni- 
versity of Georgia, established in 
1801, is located here. It is under 
the direction of 17 trustees, and its 
officers are a president, professor 
of mathematics and astronomy, 
professor of chemistry and natural 
philosophy, professor of lan- 
guages, and three tutors. The 
buildings are a large three story 
brick edifice, 120 feet long and 45 
wide, containing 24 rooms for stu- 
dents ; a large steward's hall ; 
a chapel 55 by 44 feet ; and a two- 
story brick building containing 
the chemical laboratory, the libra- 
ry of between 1,000 and 2,000 vo- 
lumes, and the philosophical appa- 
ratus. In 1821, the Legislature 
of Georgia granted |25,000 for the 
erection of an additional edifice, 
which is already begun, and is to 
be four stories high, 120 feet by 



A V ^ IH 

4o. The funds of tlie University 
consist of |100,000 in the Bank 
of the State, several tracts of land 
yet unsold, beside the moneys 
arising from tuition, and are esti- 
mated in the whole to be produc- 
tive of |11,000 per annum. The 
number of students in 1822, v^^as 
119. There is also an Academy 
under the superintendence of 
the trustees and president of 
the University ; the instructors of 
the academy are paid out of the 
funds of the University, and the 
pupils receive their tuition gratis. 

Jithcns, p-t. Limestone co. Al. 

Miens, CO. O. Pop. 6,338. 

Athens, p-t. and cap. Athens co. 
O. on the E. bank of the Hock- 
liocking, 37 m. above its conflu- 
ence with the Ohio, 40 W. Mariet- 
ta, 52 E. Chillicothe. Pop. 1,094. 
Tlie Ohio University is established 
here. It is endowed with two 
townships, or 46,000 acres of land, 
and has an annual income of 
$•2,300. The officers of the col 
lege are a president and three 
professors. It has a valuable Li- 
brary, and provision is made for 
a pliilosophical and chemical ap- 
paratus. In 1819, a large college 
edifice of brick was erected. 
There is an academy here in con- 
nexion with the college. 

Athens, t, St. Clair co. 111. 27 m. 
S. E. St. Louis. 

Athol, p-t. Worcester co. Ms. 
71 m. N. W. Boston, Pop. 1,211. 

Athol, p-t. Warren co.N Y. 18 m. 
K. W. Caldwell. Pop. 570. 

Atkinson, t. Penobscot co. Me. 
Pop. 245. 

Atkinson, p-t. Rockingham co. 
NH. 30 m. S. W. Portsmouth. 
Pop. 563. Here is an academy. 

Alston, V. Gloucester co. NJ. 
60 m. S. E. Philadelphia. 



AVE 

Attakapas, co. La. Chief t. 
Pop. 12,063. Slaves 



Franklin. 
5,707. 

Attica, p-t. Genesee co. NY. 12 
S. Batavia. Pop. 1,519. 

AttleboroKgh, p-t. Bristol co. 
Ma. 29 m. SW. Boston, Pop. 3,055. 

Attleborovgh, p-t. Berks co. Pa. 
20 m. NE. Philadelphia. 

Atwater, t. Portage co. O. on 
Cuyahoga r. 15 m. W. Ravenna. 
Pop. 320. 

Auburn, p-v. and cap. Cayuga 
CO. NY. in the township of Aure- 
lius, at the outlet of Owasco Isrite, 
170 m. W. Albany, on the great 
western turnpike. This village 
has increased with great rapidity. 
In 1810, the population was about 
500; in 1820, 2233; in 1825, 2982. 
Among the public buildings are a 
court-house, j ail, market, academy 
a state-prison large enough to con- 
tain 1,000 convicts; a Theologi- 
cal Seminary, and 4 churches, 1 
each for Methodists, Presbyteri- 
ans, Episcopalians, and Baptists. It 
contains also numerous manufac- 
tories. 

The Presbyterian Theological 
Seminary is under the care of the 
Synod of Geneva, and was incor- 
porated in 1820. The faculty 
consists of four Professors, viz : 
of Christian Theology, of Church 
History and Church Government, 
of Biblical Criticiasn, and of Sa- 
cred Rhetoric. Number of stu- 
dents in 1825, 47. A large stone 
edifice is erected containing be- 
sides students' rooms, a chapel, 
valuable library, (fcc. 

Auburn, t. Susquehannah co. 
Pa. Pop. 218. 

Auburn, t. Geauga co. O. Pop 
215. 

Averill, t. Essex co. Vt. 

Avery, t. Huron co. O. In this 
township IS the town of Huron, 



At G 

J.oery^s horo\ p-t. Cumberland 
-CO. iVC. on Cape Fear river, 25 ni. 
above Fayetteville. 

Auglaize, r. O. runs into the 
IMaumee, at Fort Defiance. 

Auglaize, t. Wood co. O. Pop. 
216. 

Augusta, p-t. and cap. Kenne- 
bec CO. Me. on both sides of Ken- 
nebec river, 45 ra. from its mouth, 
2 N. Hallowell, 56 NE. Portland. 
A bridge is thrown across the ri 



public worship, viz : 1 each Ibi 
Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Me- 
thodists, Baptists, and Roman Ca- 
tholics. Augusta is admirably si- 
tuated for commerce ; a large por- 
tion of the cotton crop of the State, 
besides a great deal from S. Caro- 
lina, is sent here. During the win- 
ter months it is transported in wa- 
gons, or shipped in scows which 
are towed down the river by 
steam-boats to Savannah. Pop. in 



ver connecting the two parts of 1810, 2,476 ; in 1820 about 6,000. 



the town. The houses are built 
partly on a beautiful plain ele- 
vated 150 or 250 feet, and partly 
on the declivity descending from 
the plain to the river. The pub 
lie buildings are a court-house and 
jail, an academy and Presbyterian 
church. The river is navigable to 
Augusta for vessels of 100 tons, 
Pop. in 1810, 1,805 ; in 1820, 2,457, 

Augusta, p-t. Oneida CO. NY. 17 
m. SW. Utica. Pop. 2,771 

Augusta, p-t. Sussex CO. NJ. 79 
m. N. Trenton. 

Augusta, p-t. Northumberland 
CO. Pa. on the E. side of the Sus- 
quehannah, 40 m. N. Harrisburg. 
Pop. 2,075. 

Augusta, CO. Va. Chief t. Staun- 
ton. Pop. 16,742. Slaves, 3,512. 

Augusta, city, and cap. Rich- 
mond CO. Geo. on Savannah river, 
G6m. NE. MiUedgevUle, 127 by 
land, and double the distance by 
water, above the city of Savannah. 
A bridge is thrown across the ri- 
ver, which is h«re 400 yards wide. 
Augusta stands on an elevated 
plain ; the streets intersect each 
other at right angles, are very 
wide, and ornamented with rows 
of the beautiful tree called Pride 
of India. The public buildings are 

spacious city-hall of brick, a the- 



Augusta, p-t. and cap. Bracken 
CO. Ky. on the Ohio, 90 m. NE. 
Frankfort, 22 below Maysville. 
Pop. 255. In 1822, a college was 
incorporated here under the di- 
rection of the Methodist church. 
A brick college edifice is erected. 
Tuition is to be wholly gratuitous. 

Augusta, t. Columbia co. O. 
Pop. 533. 

Augustine, See St. Augustine. 

Avott, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 35 
m. NW. Norridgewock. Pop. 450. 

Avon, p-t. Erie co. NY. 
on Gejjesee river, 21 m. W. Ca- 
nandaigua. Pop. 1,933. 

Avoyelles, parish, La. Fop. 
2,245. Slaves 782. 



Aurelius, p-t. and cap. Cayuga 
7,923. 



CO. NY. on Cayuga lake. Pop. 



Aurelius, t. Washington co. O. 
Pop. 239. 

Aurora, p-t. Erie co. NY. 17 m. 
SE. Buffalo. Pop. 1,285. 

Aurora, p-v. Cayuga co. NY. on 
Cayuga lake, 16 m. SW. Auburn. 

Aurora, p-v. Portage co. O. on 
Cuyahoga river, 10 m. NW. Ra- 
venna. Pop. 549. 

Austerlitz, p-t. Columbia co. 
NY. Pop. 2,355. 17 m. E. Hudson. 

Austinhurg, p-t. Ashtabula co. 
O. on Grand river, 3 m. W. Je.fFex- 



at re, an academy aud 5 hou!?es fanson. Pop. 4^' 



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dmtlnsville, p-t. Wythe co. Va. 
on the Kenhawa, 284 m. SW. 
Kichmond. 

Austiri's Creek, Ga. runs into 
the Savannah, 12 m. N. Savannah 

Austintown, p-t. Trumbull co 
O. 12. m. S. Warren. Pop. 720. 

Autauga, co. Al. Pop. 3,853 
Slaves 1,647. 



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Aumse, 
Mo. 

All Vase, r. 111. runs into the 
Mississippi, 50 miles above the 
Ohio. It is navigable for boats 
(50 miles through a fine prairie 
country. 

Ayrestown,X. Burlington co. NJ. 
13 m. SE. Burlington. 



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Bacheldor, t. Oxford co. Me. 20 
m. W. Paris. Pop. 91. 

Bainbridge, p-t. Chenango co. 
NY. on the Susquehannah, 20 m. 
S. Norwich. Pop. 2.290. 

Bainbridge, p-t. PVanklin co. 
Al. on Tennessee river. 

Bainbridge, p-t. Cape Girar- 
deau CO. Mo. 12 m. N. Cape G 

Bainbridge, p-t. Ross co. O. 18 
m. SW. ChiUicothe. Pop. 146.— t 
Geauga co. Pop. 199. 

Bairdsiown, p-t. and cap. Nel 
sou CO. Ky. 35 m. SW. Frankfort 
on a branch of Salt river. Pop. 
821. The public buildings are a 
stone court-house and jail, j 
church, market-house, and a Ro 
man Catholic college. The col 
lege of St. Joseph, under the care 
of the bishop, has 200 students. 
The edifice is of brick, 120 feet 
long and 4 stories high. 

Baker's Falls, NY. in the Hud- 
son, at Sandyhill. Including the 
upper and lower falls and the ra- 
pids, the descent of the river is 
about 70 feet in the course of 100 
rods ; the falls having been dimin- 
ished 10 feet, by the erection of 
the dam at Fort Edward, 2 miles 
below. 

Bakersfield, p-t. Franklin co. 
Vt. on Missisque river, 38 miles 
WNW. Montpelicr. Pop. 945 



Baker'' s island, Ms. oft* Salem 



a ligr 
Nil. 



Baker's river, NH. runs into 
the Merrimack at Plymouth. 

Bald Eagle, r. Pa. falls into the 
west branch of the Susquehannah. 

Bald Eagle, mts. Bedford co. 
Pa. Bald Eagle valley, on the E. 
side, is 5 m. wide, and the bottom 
is a bed of limestone, worn into 
vast caverns. 

Bald Eagle, t. Centre co. Pa. 
Pop.685. t. Lycoming CO. Pop. 281. 

Bald Head, cape, Me. Lon. 70° 
35' W. Lat. 43°. N. 

Bald Head, at the mouth of 
Cape Fear river, NC. with a light- 
house. Lon. 780 13' W. Lat. 33° 
51' N. 

Bald Mountains, a part of the 
Alleghany ridge, on the E. border 
of Tennessee. 

Baldwin, p-t. Cumberland co. 
Me. 26 m. NW. Portland. 

120. 

Baldwin, co. Ga. Chief t. Mil- 
ledgeville. Pop. 5,665. Slaves, 
3,042. 

Baldvnn, co. Al. Chief t. Blake- 
ly. Pop. 1,713. Slaves, 1,001. 

Balize, the main pass into the 
mouth of the Mississippi, 105 m. 
below N. Orleans. It is fortified, 
is 20 m. long, and has 16 feet wa- 
ter on the bar. 
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Ballston, p-t. Saratoga co. NY. 1 try, Baltimore co. Md. the tli 



28 m. N. Albany. Pop. 2,407. 

BaUston-Spa\ p-v. and 
Saratoga co. NY. in a beautiful 
and romp.ntic situation, 7 SW. Sar- 
atoga Springs, 18 fr. Waterford, 
15 fr. Schenectady, 26 N. Albany. 
Pop. 1,909. It has a court-house, 
two printing offices, a book-store, 
in which is a circulating library 
and a reading room ; an academy, 
and 2 churches, an Episcopalian 
and Baptist. This place is fa- 
mous ibr its mineral waters, which 
are much frequented by invalids 
and by the gay and fashionable 
during the warm months. Hence 
in addition to several inns, there 
are three large boarding-houses 
expressly designed for the accom- 
modation of strangers. In the 
summer of 1818, 2,500 persons vi- 
sited these springs, of whom more 
than 1,200 were from the states 
south of Nev>r-Ycrk. The waters 
possess a stimulating and refresh- 
ing quality. Under the exhaus- 
tion of heat and fatigue, nothing 
can be more agreeable and re- 
viving to the system. As a pow- 
erful remedy also in many dis- 
eases, they are well known and 
highly celebrated. 

Letters intended for persons re 



city in commerce and population 
cap.jin the Union, is on the N. side 
of the Patapsco, 14 m. from its en- 
trance into Chesapeake bay ; 38 
m. NE. Washington. 100 SW. 
Philadelphia, 190 SW. New York, 
400 SW. Boston, 160 NE. Rich- 
mond, 230 ESE. Pittsburgh, 590 
NNE. Charleston. Lon. 76° 36' 
W. Lat. 390 17' N. Pop. of the 
city and precincts, 1790, 13,503 ; 
in 1300, 26,514 : in 1810, 46,555 ; 
and in 1820, 62,738, of Avhom 
3,966 were slaves. 

The city is built on a bay, 
which sets up from the north side 
of the Patapsco, and affords a spa- 
cious and convenient harbour. 
The strait which connects the bay 
with the river is very narrow, 
scarcely a pistol shot across, and 
is well defended by Fort M'Hen- 
ry. "A small river, called Jones' 
Falls, runs into the north side of 
the harbour, and divides the city 
into two parts, called the town 
and Fell's point, which are con- 
nected by bridges. At Fell's point, 
the water is deep enough for ves- 
sels of 500 or 600 tons, but none 
larger than 200 tons can go up to 
the town. 

Baltimore is well situated for 



siding at the springs, should be' commerce. It is connected by 
directed to Ballsion-Spa, as thcre|good turiipike roads with various 



is another post-oihce in the town 
of Ballston, at some distance from 
the village. 

Ballsville, p-v. Powhattan co. 
Va. 43 m. NW. Richmond. 

Baltimore^ t, Windsor co. Vt. 11 
m. SW. Windsor. Pop. 204. 

Baltimore^ hundred, Sussex Co. 
Delaware. Pop. 2,057. 

Baltimore^ co. Md. Pop. ex- 
clusive of the city and its pre- 
cincts, 33,463. Slaves, 6,720 



parts of Pennsylvania, and with 
navigable v/aters of the Ohio. It 
possesses the trade of Maryland, 
and of a great portion of Pennsyl- 
vania, and the Western States. 
The amount of shipping in 1815, 
was 101,960 tons ; value of ex- 
ports in 1823, $5,263,909. The 
growth of Baltimore has been re- 
markably rapid. Among the 
source? of its prosperi*v are 1 
The tobacco trade, of which it is 



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sell* nearly all the tobacco pro- 
duced in the State. 2. Flour 
trade. For the last 15 years, the 
quantity annually exported has 
been usually from 400,000 to 
600,000 barrels, making Baltimore 
the largest flour market in the 
world. 3. Fisheries of the Chesa- 
peake^ consisting of herring and 
shad, exported to the neighbour- 
ing states and the W. Indies. 4. 
Water power : it is judged that 
a semi-circle of 20 miles round 
Baltimore contains water power 
r^ufficient to put in motion 
1,600,000 spindles, with the cor- 
responding number of looms 
and other machinery. A- 
moiig the mills already erected 
are 60 flour and corn mills ; 13 
cotton factories, one of which, 
the Warren factory, has 7,000 
spindles ; a woollen factory, and 
several iron and copper works. 
/^ Baltimore contains the State 
penitentiary ; the city and county 
alms-house; a court-house; a 
museum ; 2 theatres ; a custom- 
jiouse ; a hospital, in which there 
is a fine collection of anatomical 
preparations in wax ; an exchange, 
an immense edifice recently erect- 
ed ; an athenaeum (stone edifice) ; 
3 market-houses, 10 banks, 32 
houses of public worship, 5 for 
Roman Catholics, 5 for Episcopa- 
lians, 5 for Methodists, 3 for Bap- 
tists, 3 for Presbyterians, 2 for 
Dutch Reformed, 2 for Seceders, 
2 for Friends, 1 each for Luthe- 
rans, Independents, Dunkers,Uni- 
tarians, and Swedenborgians. 

A marble monument to the me- 
mory of General Washington has 
been recently erected, on an ele- 
vation at the north end of Charles- 
Btreet. The base is 50 ft. square, 
and 23 feet high, on which is 
■aTiofhcr sqiiftre of\fl;bo(Tt halftiie 




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extent and elevation. On this i.4 
a lofty column, 20 feet in diameter 
at the base, and 14 at the top. 
On the summit of this column, 
163 feet from the ground, the sta- 
tue of Washington is to be placed. 

The Battle Monument, erected 
to the memory of those who fell in 
bravely defending their city from 
the attack of the British on the 
12th and 13th of Sept. 1814, is a 
handsome structure of stone, situ- 
ated on a large square in North 
Caivert-street. 

The city is generally well built. 
The houses are chiefly of brick ; 
many of them are handsome, and 
some splendid. The principal 
street is Market or Baltimore 
street, 8G feet v/ide. It runs nearly 
east and west, parallel with ihc 
harbour, and is intersected by oth- 
ers at right angles. Baltimore is 
supplied with water taken from 
the Jones' falls, and conveyed to 
reservoirs, whence it is distributed 
to every part of the city. North 
and East of the city, the land rises 
to a considerable elevation, from 
v/hich there is a noble view of the 
city and harbour. 

The University of Maryland 
embraces the departments of lan- 
guages, arts, sciences, medicine, 
law, and divinity. The medical 
department has 7 Professors, and 
is in a very flourishing state. The 
professors in the other depart- 
ments are merely nominal. The 
buildings have accommodations 
for 500 students. St. Mary's Col^ 
lege has a valuable library, a che- 
mical and philosophical apparatus, 
and about 150 students. Balti- 
more college has 2 instructors 
and about 60 students. 

Bangor, p-t. andcap.Penobscot 
CO. Me. on the W. side of Penob- 
scot, river, at the hf^ad of jiavrga- 



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ian; t'35 m. N. Castine ; 52 fr. 
Owl's Head, at the mouth of Pen- 
obscot bay. Pop. in 1825, 2002. It is 
not open for sliipping during the 
winter, but at other seasons it is of 
very easy access for vessels of al- 
laost any size,and the river is open 
at all times within 12 miles of 
Frankfort. Bangor will be the 
natural market for a large portion 
of the interior of Maine. It is a 
flourishing place, and contains a 
court-house, bank, and printing 
office. A Theological Seminary 
was opened here in 1815, styled 
"The Maine Charity School." 
It is under the direction of 2 pro 
fessors and a preceptor. Its design 
is to prepare young men for ihe 
ministry by a shorter course of 
study than is usual. The qualifi- 
cations for admission are a kn»w- 
ledge of English grammar, arith- 
metic, Latin grammar, and some 
acquaintance with the Latin class- 
ics. The term of study is 4 years. 
The number of students in 1823 
was 30. 

Bangor, p-t, Franklin co. NY. 
10 m. AV. Malone. Pop. 370. 

Barbourville,Y>-t- and cap. Knox 
CO. Ky. on Cumberland river, 124 
m. S. Frankfort. Pop. 55. 

Bardsiown. See Bairdstoicn. 

Barkhamsted, p-t. Litchfield co. 
Ct.20m.NE.Litchfield. Pop. 1,592. 

Barlow, t. Washington co. O. 
9 m. W. Marietta. Pop. 316. 

Barnard, p-t. Windsor co. Vt. 
21 m. N. W. Windsor. Pop. 1,691. 

Barne, t. Huntingdon co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,387. 

Bamegat^ v. NY. 5 m. S. Pough- 
keepsie. Lime is manufactured 
in large quantities here. 

Bamegat bay, or Inlet, on the 
E. coast of NJ. Lat. 39° 47' N. 
Lon. 74° 13' W. 

Bamesville, p-t. Montgomery 
to. 'Md. 36 m. fr. "VVashington. 



Bamesville, p-t. Belmont co. <j, 
11 m. SW. St. Clairsville. 

Barnet, p-t. Caledonia co. Vt. 
on Connecticut river, 35 E. Mont- 
pelier. Pop. 1,488. 

Barnstable, co. Ms. comprises 
the whole of the peninsula of 
Cape Cod. Pop. 24,026. 

Barnstable, seaport, and cap. 
Barnstable co. Ms. on a bay of the 
same name at the bottom of Mas- 
sachusetts bay. A bar at the 
mouth of the harbour prevents 
the entrance of large vessels. 
Pop. 3,824, chiefly engaged in na- 
vigation and the fisheries. Ship- 
ping in 1815, 15,964 tons. 

Bar7istead,p-t. Straffiardco. NH. 
20 m. NE. Concord. Pop. 1,805. 

Bamxoell, co. SC. Pop. 14,750. 
Slaves, 6,336. 

Barrancas, fort, Florida, on 
the Perdido,9 m. below Pensacola. 

Barrataria, bay and isl. La. in 
the gulf of Mexico. Lon. d(PVf: 
The island at the mouth of the 
bay is remarkable for its health, 
and its strength as a military posi- 
tion. It was fortified in 1811, by 
the pirates under M. la Fitte. 

Barre, p-t. Washington co. Vt. 
7 m. SE. Montpelier. Pop. 1,955. 

Barre, p-t. Worcester co. Ms. 
24 m. NW. Worcester. Pop. 2,077. 

Barre, p-t. Orleans co. NY. 1ft 
m. N. Batavia. Pop. 1,767. 

Barre, t. Huntington co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,053. 

Barren, co. Ky. Pop. 10,328. 
Slaves, 2,446. Chief t. Glasgow. 

Barren, r. K. runs into Green r. 
Little Barren r. is 50 m. above. 

£arrt/ig-<on,p-t.Straffordco.NH. 
20 m.NW. Portsmouth.Pop .1 610. 

Barrington, p-t. Bristol co. RI. 
on Warren river, 7 m. SE. Provi- 
dence. Pop. 634. 

Barnngton,Great,Ta-X.Bex\is\iir^ 
CO. Ms. 140 rp. W. Boston. Pop. 
1,908. 



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jliarrington, p-t. Steuben co. NY 
on Crooked Lake,12m. S.Pennyan 

Bart, t. Lancaster co. Pa. Pop. 
1,423. 

Bartholemew^ co. Indiana. 

Barthokmy, r. La. falls into the 
Wachita 30 m. above Wachita. 

Bartleft, p-t. Coos co. NH. 45 
m. S. Lancaster. Pop. 511. 

Barton, p-t. Orleans co. Vt. on 
Barton r. which falls into lake 
Memphremagog. 39 m. NE. 
Montpelier. Pop. 372. 

Barton, t. Tioga co. NY. 

Basin Harbour, p-v. in Ferris 
burg, Vt. one of the best harbours 
in lake Champlain. 

Baskenridge, p-t. Somerset co. 
NJ. 7 m. SW. Morristown. 

Bass Islands, 7 islands in Lake 
Erie, offSandusky point. 

Batavia, p-t. and cap. Genesee 
CO. NY. on Tonnewanta creek, 20 
m. S. Erie canal, 36 E. Buftalo. 
Pop. 2,597. The village is a busy 
thriving place, and has two 
churches, a court-house, and state 
arsenal- 

Baiavia, p-t. Clermont co. O. 
7 m. W. Williamsburg. Pop. 1,208. 
• — t. Geauga co. Pop. 355. 

Batesville, p-t. and cap. Inde- 
pendence CO. Ark. 

Bath, p-t. and port of entry, 
Lincoln co. Me. on the W. side of 
the Kennebeck, 15 m. from its 
mouth, and at the head of winter 
navigation, 14 m. SW. W^iscasset, 
34 NE. Portland, 153 NE. Boston. 
Lon. 693 49' w. Lat. 43° 55' N. 
The river is here a mile wide. 
The town is built on a declivity, 
extending a mile and a half along 
the river, and there fourths of a 
mile into the interior, and con- 
tains 2 banks, an academy, and 3 
churches, 2 congregational and 1 
baptist. Pop. 3,026. .Shipping in 
JSI5, 20,628 .tOJTs. 



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Bath. p-t. Grafton co. NH. a;!;- 
the head of boat navigation on 
the Connecticut, 42 m. above 
Dartmouth College. Pop. 1,498. 

Bath, p-t. and cap. Steuben co. 
NY., on Conhocton creek, a navi- 
gable branch of the Tioga. 45 m. 
S. W. Geneva. Pop. 2,578. 

Bath, CO. Va. on the Jackson, 
a source of James river, 50 m. 
WSW. Staunton. The Hot 
Springs, one of the temperature 
of 96=> and the other of 112°, are 
resorted to chiefly in July and 
August, for the relief of rheuma- 
tism, &c. Pop. 5,237. Slaves, 
1,202. 

Bath, Va. See Berkley Springs. 

Bath, p-t. Beaufort co. NC. on 
the N. side of Tar river, 24 m. fr. 
Pamlico sound. 

Bath, CO. K. Pop. 7,961. Slaves 
1,224. 

Bath, t. Green co. O. Pop. 
1,185. p-t. Medina co. Pop. 176. 

Baton Rouge, TVest, co. La, 
Pop. 2,335. Slaves 1,303. 

Baton Rouge, East, co. La. 
Pop. 5,220. Slaves 2,076. 

Baton Rouge, p-t. and cap. E. 
B. R. CO. La. situated on the first 
high grounds on the Mississippi, 
15 m. above the Iberville, 110 
above N. Orleans. 

Battenkill, NY. an excellent 
mill-stream, rises in Dorset, Vt. 
and falls into the Hudson opposite 
Saratoga. 

Battletown, p-v. Frederick co. 
Va. 58 m. WNW. Washington: 

Baughman, t. Wayne co. O. 12 
m. NW. Wooster. Pop. 460. 

Bayou pierre, r. Miss, runs into 
Mississippi river, 40 m. above 
Natchez. 

Bazetta, t. Trumbull co. O. 5 m. 
NW. Warren. Pop. 196. 

Bealsbury, t. Harden co. K. 3p 
m..SW. Bjirdstown. 



B E A 2(j 

Bean, navigable r. 111. falls into 
the Mississippi, 20 m. below Du- 
buque's Mines. 

Bear creeh\ falls into the Ten- 
nessee at the W. boundary of Ala. 

Bcarjield, t. Perry co. 0. 10 m. 
SW. Somerset. Pop. 428. 

Beaver^ r. NY. runs into Black 
river 12 m. above Carthage. 

Beaver, r. Pa. formed by the 
union of the Mahoning and She- 
nango, falls into the Ohio at Bea- 
verton. 

Beaver, co. Pa. Chief t. Bea- 
verton. Pop. 15,340. 

Beaver, t. Crawford co. Pa. 
Pop. 419. 

Beaver, t. Union co. Pa. 50 m. 
NW. Harrisburg. Pop. 1,502. 

Beaver, t. Pike co. O. 5 m. SE. 
Piketon. Pop. 525. t. Columbi- 
ana CO. Pop. 639. t. Guernsey 
CO. 14 m. SE. Cambridge. Pop. 
556. t. Greene co. Pop. 112. 

Beaverdam, t. Erie co. Pa. 
142. 

Beaverton, bor. p-t. and cap. 
Beaver co. Pa. at the junction of 
Beaver river with the Ohio, 30 m. 
below Pittsburg. Pop. of the bo- 
rough, 361. It contains a court- 
liouse, jail, bank, academy, and 
various manufactories. 

Beaver, Big, t. Beaver co. Pa. 
Pop. 742. Littk, 1,144. J\^rtk, 
1,206. South, 800. 

Beavertown, p-t. Union co. Pa. 
Pop. 2,035. 

CO. NC. Chief t. 
Pop. 9,850. Slaves 



Beaufort, 
"Washington 
-3,655. 

Beaufort, s-p. and cap. Carteret 
CO. NC. on Core sound : 27 m. fr. 
Cape Lookout, 45 S. Newbern. 
Lat. 34° 42' N: Pop. about 500. 
Shipping in 1815, 1,537 tons. 
Beaufort inlet has 14 feet water 
on the bar, within which is a safe 
pnd spacious harbour. 



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Beaufort, district, SC. Pop, 
32,199. Slaves 27,339. 

Beaufort, s-p. and p-t. Beaufort 
dist. SC. on Port Royal island, on 
a deep and spacious harbor, at the 
mouth of Beaufort river, 73 m. S. 
Charleston, 69 N. Savannah. Pop. 
about 1,000. Shipping in 1815, 
1,537 tons. Here has long been 
a chartered college, with funds of 
60 or 70,000 dollars, and a hand- 
some edifice; it is not, however, 
provided with instructors in the 
studies of a collegiate course, and 
does not confer degrees. 

Beccaria, t. Clearfield co. Pa. 
Pop. 236. 

Becket, t. Berkshire co. Ms. 17 
m. SE. Lenox. Pop. 984. 

BeckhaTTisville, p-t. Chester co. 
SC. on the Wateree, 30 m. NW. 
Camden. 

Beddington, t. Washington co. 
Me. 35 m. NW. Machias. 

Bedford, p-t. Hillsborough co. 
NH. on the Merrimack, 21 m. be- 
low Concord. Pop. 1,375. 

Bedford, t. Middlesex co. Ms. 
16 m. NW. Boston. Pop. 648. 

Bedford, p-t. W. Chester co. 
NY. 44 m. N. by E. New York. 
Pop. 2,432. It contams 4 church- 
es, and an academy. The courts 
of common pleas and general ses- 
sions are held alternately here 
and at White Plains. 

Bedford, co. Penn. Pop, 
20,248. 

Bedford, p-t. and cap. Bedford 
CO. Pa. 100 m. E. Pittsburg,^ 20O 
W. Philadelphia. Pop. 2,110. It 
is regularly laid out on the W. 
branch of the Juniatta, in a ro- 
mantic spot, hemmed in by moun-. 
tains, at the foot of which issue 
the chalybeate springs. The 
springs, four in number, are much 
frequented, and are particularly 
beneficial m chronic diseases, 



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Bedford, co. Va. Chief t. Lib- 
erty. Pop. 19,305. Slaves 8,043. 

Bedford, t.Ga. 4 m. N. Augusta. 

Bedford, co.W.Ten.Pop.16,012. 
Slaves, 3,558. Chiei'' t. Slielby- 
ville. 

Bedtninster, t. Somerset co. NJ. 
20 m. NW. New Brunswick. Pop. 
1,248. 

Bedminsicr, t. Bucks co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,248. 

Beekman, p-t. Dutchess co. NY. 
13m.E. Poughkeepsie. Pop. 2,865. 

Beekniantown, p-t. Clinton co. 
ISiY. 6 m. N. Plattsburgh. Pop. 
1,343. 

Belchertown, p-t. Hampshire 
CO. Ms. 15 m. SE. Northampton. 
Pop. 2,426. 

Belfast, s-p. and p-t. Hancock 
CO. Me. on a fine harbor in Pe- 
nobscot bay, 9 m. fr. Castine, 40 
NE. Hallowell and Augusta. 
Pop. 2,026. Here is an academy. 

Belfast, t. Bedford co. Pa. Poj). 
1,190. 

Belgrade, p-t. Kennebeck co. 
Me. 13m. N. Augusta. Pop. 1,121. 

Bellair, p-t. and cap. Harford 
CO. Md. 22 m. NE. Baltimore. 

Belief eld, t. Greensville co. Va. 
on the Meherrin, 45 m. S. Peters- 
bargh. 

Bellefontaine, p-t. and cap. Lo- 
gan CO Ohio, 56 m. NW. Colum- 
bus. 

Belle Fontaine, v. on the I\Iis- 
souri 15 m. N. St. Louis. 

Bellefonie, bor. p-t. and cap. 
Centre co. Pa. at the head of a 
boat navigation on Spring creek. 
Here are a bank and academv. 
Pop- ^133. 70 m. NW. Harrisburgh. 

Bellefonte, p-t. and cap. Jack- 
son CO. Al. 

Belleville, p-v. Essex, co. NJ. 
on the Passaic, 3 m. above New- 
ark. Here is an extensive facto- 
ry for bleaching, printing, and 



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dyeing cotton, woollen, and siik 
jroods. The building, the largest 
in the State, is 263 feet front, of 
hewn stone, and 3 stories high. 

Belleville, p-t. Wood co. Va. 
on the Ohio, 5 m. below the 
Hocking river^ 

Belleville, p^t.andcap. St. Clair, 
CO. 111. on Richland creek, 15 m. 
SE. St. Louis, 60 SW. Vandalia. 
It has a Courthouse, Jail, Acad- 
emy, and Public Library. Pop, 
500. 

Bellevue, t. Washington c6. 
Mo. 10 m. SW. Potosi. 

Bellins;ham, t. Norfolk co. Ms. 
26 m. SW. Boston, 20 N. Provi- 
dence. Pop. 1,034. 

Bellows falls, in Connecticut 
river, at Walpole, NH. In the 
midst of the channel worn in the 
rocks, a huge rock remains, on 
each side of which is a passage 
for the water. As the east side 
however is more elevated, the 
water, except when the river is 
high, does not pass through that 
channel ; and the whole Con- 
necticut which above ip about 350 
feet broad and 25 feet deep, shoots 
through the western channel, 16 
feet wide, descending by success- 
ive pitches in the course of half a 
mile 44 feet. There is a canal 
round the falls three quarters of a 
mile long, and a bridge is thrown 
over the river, supported in the 
middle by the rock. At the vil- 
lage of Bellows-Fulls is a post- 
office. 

Belmont, p-t. Hancock co. IMe. 
20 m. W. Castine. Pop. 675. 

Belmont, co. O. Pop. 20,329. 
Chief t. St. Clairsville. 

Belpre, p-t. Washington co. O. 
on Ohio river, 14 m. SW. Marietta. 
Pop. 1,151. 

Belvidere, t. Franklin, co. Vt. 
32 m. N. Montpelicr. Pop. 198. 



B h iV 2B 

JBehi^ere, p-t. and cap. Warren 



ft.o. NJ. on the Delaware, at the 
junction of Pequest creek, a 'fine 
'mill stream ; 11 m. above Easton, 
70 from New- York. The village 
is new and flourishing, pleasantly 
situated on the margin of an exten- 
sive plain, and contains about 50 
houses, a printing office, and nu- 
merous mills. 

Benedict, p-t. Charlfes co. Md. 
on the Patuxent, 47 m. E. Wash- 
ington. 

Benn£ttville, t. and cap. Marlbo- 
ro' CO. SC. 

Bennington^ co. Vt. Sq. m. 
CIO. Pop. 16,125. 

Bennington^ p-t. and half shire, 
Bennington co. Vt. 37 m. NE. Al- 
bany 110 NW. Boston, 68 SW. 
W^indsor. Pop. 2,485. It is sur- 
rounded, except on the east, with 
a fine fertile farming country. In 
the SW.part of the town is a beau- 
tiful and majestic mountain called 
Mount Anthony. The village is 
on very high ground, and contains 
acourthouse,jail, a printing-office, 
from which a weekly newspaper 
is issued, an Academy, and Con- 
gregational church. The Ben- 
nington furnace, 3 m. E. of the 
village, consists of 2 furnaces, in 
each of which 3 tons of iron per 
day are made with ease. Two 
famous battles were fought near 
this town, August 16th 1777, in 
which General Stark, at the head 
of 800 American militia defeated 
the British. 

Bennington, t. Genesee co, N 
y. 16 m. SW. Batavia. Pop. 796. 

Bennington, t. Mercer co. Pa. 
on the Shenango river, 60 m. NN 
W^Pittsburg. 

t. Licking co. O. 



Bennington, 
Pop. 210. 

Bensalem, f. 
tlie Delaware. 



Bucks CO. Pa. on 
Pop. 1,667. 



B ER 

p-v. "Pitt CO. NC. 61> 



Btnsho 
m. SE. Raleigh 

Benson, p-t. Rutland co, Vt. 
on Lake Champlain, 57 m. N. Ben- 
nington. Pop. 1,481. 

Bentkysville, p-v. Haliftix cO. 
NC. about 50 m. E. Raleigh. 

Benton, p-t. Yates co. NY. on 
Seneca lake; 8 m. S. Geneva, 
Pop. 3,357. 

Benton, p-t. and cap. Scott co. 
Mo. 

Bergen, p-t. Genesee co. NY. 
14 m. NE. Batavia. Pop. 1,108. 

Bergen, co. NJ. Pop. 18,175- 
Slaves 1,683. Chief t. Hackcn- 
sac. 

Bergen, t. NJ. 3 m. W. Neiv 
York. Pop. 3,137. Bergen neck 
is the peninsula between New 
York and Newark bays, 6 miles in 
length. 

Berkley, p-t. Bristol co. Ms. on 
Taunton river, at the head of 
sloop navigation; 36 m. S. Bos- 
ton. Pop. 1,060. 

Berkley, co. Va. Pop. 11,211. 
Slaves 1,898. Chief t. Martins- 
burg. 

Berkley springs, p-v. Morgan 
CO. Va. on the Potomac, 110 miles 
above Washington. The warm 
springs here, though weakly min- 
eralized, are much resorted to. 

Berks, co. Pa. Pop. 46,275. 
Chief t. Reading. 

Berkshire, p-t. Franklin co. Vt. 
31 m. N. Burlington. Pop. 831. 

Berkshire, co. Ms. Pop. 35,720. 
Chief t. Lenox. 

Berkshire, p-t. Tioga co. NY, 
Pop. 1,502. 14 m. N. Owego. 

Berkshire p-t. Delaware co. O. 
23 m. N. Columbus. Pop. 190. 

Berlin, t. Washington co. Vt. 
on Onion river, opposite Montpe- 
lier. Pop. 1,455. 

Berlin, t. Worcester co. Ms. 14 

. NE. Worcester. Pop. 625. 



B E R 2 

Berlin, p-t. Hartford co. Ct. 11 
m. S. Hartford, 23 N. New Haven. 
Pop. 2,887. Thie is the principal 
seat of the manufacture of tin 
ware, which is carried on by Yan- 
kee pedlers to a very great extent 



9 -■■'" BET^^^ 

Here is an academy. Pop. 2,73b'. 

Berwick, iSoM</t, p-t. York co. 
Me. on Salmon fall river, at the 
falls, 17 m. N. Portsmouth. Pop. 
1,475. 

Berwick, p-t. Columbia co. Pa. 



The pedlers set oft" in the autumn, !on the E. branch of the Susque- 
in wagons loaded with tin ware,lhannah, 22 m. above Sunbury. 
and other articles of merchandise, Berwick, p-t. Adams co. Pa. 41 
and go chiefly to the southern m. SW. Harrisburgh. Pop. 1,207. 

Bethany, p-t. Genesee co. NY. 
a 6 m. S. Batavia. Pop. 1,691. 
Bethany, p-t. 
m. 



and cap. Wayne 
NE. Wilkesbarre. 



and western States. Workmen 
then proceed by water, with 
sufficient quantity of the raw ma- 
terials to employ them during the co. Pa. 50 
winter, and establish themselves Pop. 193. 

in different towns in the interior. Bethany, p-t. Stokes co. NC. 9 
To them the pedler resorts, when m. NW. Salem. See Wachovia. 
his stock is exhausted, for a fresh Bethel, p-t. Oxford co. Me. on 
supply. In this way a large the Androscoggin, 18 m. NW. Pa- 
amount of goods is sold during ris. Pop. 1,267. 



the six or eight months they are 
absent. 

Berlin, p-t. Rensselaer co. NY. 
20 m. E. Albany. Pop. 1,886. 

Berlin, p-t. Adams co. Pa. on 



Bethd, p-t. Windsor co. Vt. 29 
IVW. Windsor. Pop. 1,310. 

Bethel, p-t. Sallivan co. NY. 16 
m. W. Monticello. Pop. 1,096. 

Bethel, V^. t. BedforJ co. Pep. 



Conewaga creek, 13 m. W. York. 1,083. t. Berks co. Pop. 1,294. 

Berlin, bor. and p-t, Somerset t. Delaware co. Pop. 324. t. 
CO. Pa. 25 m. W. Bedford. Pop. Dauphin co. Pop. 397. t. Leba- 
382. '• 

Berlin, p-t. Coshocton co. 
Pop. 395. p-t. Huron co. 



i Bethel, Ohio, p-t. Clermont co. 

|7 m. S. Williamsburg. Pop. 100. 
Bo-mudalOQ. fiee City Point, t. Chrke co. Pop. 978. t. IIu- 
Ber7i, p-t. Albany co. NY. 20 m. ron co. Pop. 164. t. Miami co. 



W. Albany. Pop. 5,531 

Bern, t. Berks co. Pa. 14 m 
NW. Reading. 



1 Pop. 1,043. 

Bethel, station of the Americaji 
Board of Missions, in the Choc- 



Bern, t. Fairfield co. O. on the taw country, on the old Natchez 
Hockhocking, 3 m. W. Lancaster, road, 60 m". SE. Elliot, 60 SW. 



Pop. 923. 



Mayhevv. It was formerly called 



Bernardston, p-t. Franklin co. \ French Camps and JVctoell. 



Ms. 5 m. N. Greenfield. Pop. 912. 

Bemardstovm, t 
NJ. Pop. 2,063. 

Bertie, co. NC. Pop. 10,805. 
Slaves 5,725. Chief t. Windsor. 

Berwick, p-t. York co. Me. on 
Salmon Fall river, 16 NW. Ports- 
mouth. It carries o:i a cons'der- 
able trade, chicfiv iti luuber. 



Bethlehem, p-t. Grafton co. NH. 
Somerset co.|69 m. N. Concord. Pop. 467. 

Bethlehem, p-t. Albany co. NY. 
8 m. S. Albany. Pop. in 1825, 
5643. Here are extensive caverni-. 

Bethlehem, t. Hunterdon co. NJ . 
Pop. 2,002. 

Bethlehem, p-t. Northampton co. 
Pa. on the I.ehinh, ]r 



s^v 



* li 1 G ;iO IJ .1, A 

llaston, r»3 N. Philadolpliin. Top. 
I, -136. It is a sottlomnit of ihv 
Moravinns, or United l>rrtluou. 
The siluation is hrallhiiil an(' 
plrafant; and in snmnior is Irc- 
fiiu ntod by gentry from diftcront 
parts. There are two boarding- 
schools, one for yonnpr ladies, j Merrimack 30 m. fr. the Mississip 
and the other for boys, which are pi. 

in hiph repntc, and receive many' .^/ij-rorA", t. Delaware co. 0. 
sclioiars from New-York, Pliihi- Pop. 9">2, 
doJpliia, and otlier parts of the U 
States. 
.Bethlehem^ East, t. Washinjjton 



into the Yellow Stone at Manucrs 
fort. Length 800 miles. 

7)'?^ Murtdjf, S(>e .^7/ J'afic. 

fiig- Mvdih/, T. IMo. falls intothc 
JVIissonri, 20 m. above the Gascon- 
ade. 

HigrivCTy r. Mo. falls into the 



en. Pa. on th<> Monon<;ahela. Pop. 
2,239. Jit St B. Pop. 2,187. 
.Hctfikhcm, t. Stark co. O. Pop.' 

.fiifhlehem, p-t. Clark co. Ind. 

Jit'fhlem, p-t. Litchfield co. Ct. 
P m. S. Litchfield. Pop. 932. 

Jirrerly, p-t. Essex co. Ms. 16 
m. iVNt!;. Boston. Pop. 4,203. 
Tt is connecte«l with Salem by a 
liandsome bridjre, 1,500 feet long;, 
it has a bank, and 4 churches, 3 
('r.n<rrei,'ational, and 1 Baptist. 
The inhabitants are extensively 
CMjTaged in the fisheries. 

licccrhj, p-t. and cap. RaTidolpli 



CO. Vn. with a brick court-lionse 2,082 



Bigrork, t. Pnlaski co. Ark. 
Pop. 338. 

Big-!San(ty,r. Ca, runs into the 
Oconee, 20'm. iN. Dublin. 

Big-Sandy, r. rises in the Alleg- 
hany mts. i'orms the boundary 
between Virginia and Kentuck}-, 
for nearly 200 miles, and falls into 
the Ohio. 

Bil/rricu, p-t. Middlesex co. RIs. 
19 m. N. Boston. Pop. I,3ft0. 

Bing/iam, t. Somerset co. Me. 
on" the Kennebcck, 26 m. N. Nor- 
ridgewock. 

Binghawton, p-v. and cap. 
liroomeco. NY. at the junction of 
the Ohenango with Susquehannah, 
river ; 40 m. SW. i\or\\ ich. 

Bird, t. Brown co. O. Po]). 



and jail. 2.)4 m. i\VV. Richmond. 

Bil'h, CO. Ga. Chief t. Macon. 

Bibb, CO. Al. Pop. 3,676. 
Slaves 746. 

Bidde/otd, s-p. York co. Me. 
on Saco river, 38 m. NE. York. 
}'op. 1,738. 

Bigblnrk, r. Mi. falls into the 
JNTisfissippi, M>m. above Natchez. 

Bigbone ctrck, K. runs into the 
Ohio, 40 m. below Cincinnati. 

Big-Bom -/jickSj is a tract of 
land on each side of the river, 8 
m. from its mouth. 

Big-Fiait, p-t. Tioga co. NY. 
TOm. NW. Elmira. 

Bigh()>-n. River, Mo. Ter. rises 
iU the Bockv juountains, and falls 



Birdsborovgh, t. Berks co. Pi. 
on the Schuylkill, 8 m. below 
Heading. 

Birmitighntn, t. Delaware co. 
Pa. on Brandy wine r. Pop. .')l;'i. 
t. ("hester co. Pop. 223. p-t. Hun- 
tingdon CO. Pop. 43. 

Bistincnv, lake. La. communi- 
cates with Pied river. 

Black Lake, or Oswrgatchir, 
NY. about 20 m. long, and 1 or 2 
wide, is the exj)ansion of India)! 
river. 

Black Lake, r. La. ; joins the 
Saline, H m. NE. Natchitoches, to 
Ibrnj the Kigolet de bon Dieu. 

Black Lick, t. Indiana co. Pv 
Pop. Ij-jOJ. 



i: 1. V . I, 

Black. River, Vt. runs into 
J^ake Moniphreinaf^og ; another 
runs into the Connecticut at 
Springfiekl. 

Black River J NY. runs into 
Lake Ontario at Cliauinont bay, 
near Sackctt'H h;irbor, ai't 



northerly course of 120 niihjs. Atl 



Blackiouhr, r. NH, flows i:,l,u 
the Contooeook, in iiopkintoii. 

Blackvmterj r. Va. jeins tlic 
Nottaway near the boundary oi' 

Bladen, co. NC.*. Pop. 7,27(J. 
Slaves 2,708, Chief t. Elizabeth- 



l.hc juncti(»ii of Moose river, it 
falls over a prf^cipice (iS feet high. 
Long' Falls, 4.'> m. below, extend 
24 rniles to Urowiiville, in which 
distance the dcucent is nearly 200 
feet. 

Black River, NC. joins (/'ape 
Fear, 23 nj. above Wilmington. 

Black River. See fVachiln. 

Black River, O. runs into 
Erie, 30 m. E. Sandusky bay. 

Black River, p-t. Huron co. O. 
Pop. 354. 

Black River, ri.ses in Missouri', 
is joined by Current, Eleven 
Points, SprinjT, and Strawberry, 



Bladenshurg, p-t. Prince 
(ieopge's CO. Md^ on the E. 
branch of the Potomac, (J m, 
above Wasliington city, llere is 
a chalybeate sj)nng of stron^r me- 
dicinal properties. In 1(J14, tho 
Americana here suHtained a de- 
feat in an action with the Britisij, 
which wan followed by the capture 
ke of VVaKhiiigton. 

Blaizc, (Jape, Fior. between the 
bayH of Apalache and St. Jo.scjjIi. 

Blakeh/., t. Luzerne co. Pii. 
Pop. 4r,o'. 

Blakeii), [)-t. and cap. Baldwin 
CO. Ala. on the Tenaaw, or Eas- 



large rivers from the west, and 



unites with White river, 50 m. be- 
low Lawrence, Ark. ter. 

Black Rock. See Fairfield, VX. 

Black Rock, p-v. Erie co. NV. 
on the Niagara, 2 rn. below Buffa- 
lo. The liarbor i.s formed by an 
artificial mole, exten<ling froJn 
Bird Lsland iji Lake Erie toSquaw 
Island below the rapids in Niaga-jlin7. 

ra river, and thence to the United! Blukcsbur^, t. Penobscot <H}. 
States shore ; it is two miles long,|Me. 20 m. N. Bangor, 
and contains an area of 200 acres,! Blnndford, p-t. Hampden co 
opening at one end into the lake,|Ms. 16 m. W. Springfield. Poji 
by a mouth 20 rods wide, andat!l,51" 
the other connecl«;d with the Erie 



tern outlet of Mobile river, 10 rn. 



from Mobile bay, and L5 Ei\E. 
Mobile. Lat. ?AP 43' N. It i.s 
well situated for commerce; tho 
harbor aiimits vessels drawing H 
feet water. The town stands on 
Hrliealthy and pleasant spot, and 
is well supj)lied with good water. 
Settlements commenced here in 



inecujd 

canal. The, growth of the village 
is vorv rapid. Pop. in 1824, 44G ; 
in 182.'^, 1,410. 

Black Stone, r. See Putacket. 

Black Warrior, or Caho, r. Ala. 
enters the Tombigbee 80 m. 



Bledsoe, co. Tennessee. Pop. 
4,005. Slaves 361. Chief t.Pike- 
ville. 

BlerJieim, p-t. Scholiarie co. 
NY. 44 m. W. Albany. Pop. 
1,826. 

Block Island, or JVewShorelunn, 



above St. Stei)hen8. Jt is navi- isl. and t. Newport co. KL 7 in. 
gable for boats to the falls near long, 24 m. SSW. Newport. Pop. 
il s sourer. 'or,5. Lon. 7P '.^i' W. Lnt . ^\o p,' .V. 



B L O 



32 



BON 



Blocklcy, t. Pa. 3 m. W. Phila- 
delphia. Pop. 2,655. 

Bloom^ p-t. Columbia co. Pa. 
Pop. 820. 

Bloom, Ohio, t. Fairfield co. 7 
m. NW. Lancaster. Pop. 1,613 ; 
t. in Scioto CO. 16 m. E. Ports- 
mouth. Pop. 205 i t. Morgan co. 
Fop. 445. 

Bloornfield, p-t. Somerset co. 
Me. 7 m. E. Norridgewock. Pop. 
839. Here is an academy. 

Bloomjield, divided into East 
and JVest, p-t. Ontario co. NY 
m. W. Canandaigua. Pop. 3,621. 

Bloomjield, p-t. Essex co. NJ. 5 
m. NW. Newark. Pop. 3,085. 

Bloomjield, p-t. Crawford co, 
Pa. Pop. 214. 

Bloomjield, p-t. Nelson co. K. 
36 m. from Frankfort. Here is 
printing-press. 

Bloomjield, Ohio, p-t. Trumbull 
CO. 15 m. N. V/arren. Pop. 166 
t. Jefi'erson co. 14 m. W. Steuben- 
ville : p-t. Pickaway co. 8m. N.Cir 
cleville ; t. Jackson co. Pop. 313 ; 
t. Knox CO. Pop. 468. 

Bloominghurg, p-v. Sullivan co. 
NY. on Shavvanguuk creek, 23 m. 
W. Newburgh. Here is a print- 
ing office. 

Bloominggrove, p-t. Orange co. 



Blountville, t. and cap. Blount 
CO. Ala. 

Blue earth, r. Mo. Ter. joins the 
St. Peters ICK) m. from the Missis- 
sippi. 

Bluehill, p-t. Hancock co. Me. 
12 m. NE. Castine. Here is an 
academy. Pop. 957. 

Blite Ridge, a range of moun- 
tains, Va. which crosses the state 
from N. to S. dividing it into two 
parts, nearly equal. Near the 
S. line of the state, it bends west- 
ward and unites with the Alle- 
ghany range. 

Blue rock, t. Muskingum co. O. 
on the Muskingum, 8 m. below 
Zanesville. Pop. 557. 

Blue stone, r. Va. runs into the 
Kenhawa, in Giles county. 

Blue water, r. Mo. falls into the 
Missouri above Fort Osage. 

Bluffton, p-t. and cap. Ray co. 
Mo. 2 m. N. of the Missouri. 

Boardman, p-t. Trumbull co. 
O. 10 ra. SE. Warren. Pop. 604. 

Bodeau, lake. La. communi- 
cates with Red river. 

Bouef, Le. r. Pa. joins French 
creek. Its depth is sufficient foi- 
boats of the greatest burden to 
Waterford. 

Boggs, t. Centre co. Pa. Pop. 



NY. 12m. W. West Point. Pop.|847. 

2,219. Here is an academy. j Bogue Chito, r. joins Pearl riv- 

Bloomington, p-t. and cap. Mon-er, La. 
roe CO. Ind. It contains a court- Bolinghroke, v. Talbot co. Md. 
house and jail. Pop. 300. Two on the Choptank, 5 m. E. Oxford. 
townships of land are given, for Bolton, p-t. Chittenden co. Vt. 
the establishment of a state col- on Onion river, 18 m. NW. Mont- 
lege, which, it is expected, will pelier. Pop. 306. 
be located at this place. i Bolton, p-t. Worcester co. Ms. 

Blount, CO. Ala. Pop. 2,415. 33 m. W. Boston. Pop. 1,229. 
Slaves 175. Bolton, p-t. Tolland co. Ct. 

Blount, CO. E. Ten. Pop. 11,258. 14 m. E. Hartford. Pop. 731. 
Slaves 1,050. Chief t. Marysville. Bolton, p-t. Warren co. NY. 14 

Blountsville, p-t. and cap. SuUi- m. N. Caldwell. Pop. 1,087. 
van CO. E. Ten. 130 m. NE. Knox- B<md co. 111. Pop. 1400. Chief 
ville. It. Greenville. 



BOS 33 BOS 

jBon/iomme, r. Mo. falls into the {Portland, 56 S. by W. Po 
Missouri, 40 ni. fr. the Missisippi. [mouth, 40 NNE. Providence, lOU 



Bonnefemme, r. Mo. falls into 
the Missouri, 6 m. below Franklin. 
Bono, p-t. Lawrence co. Ind. on 
White river, 15 m. N. Paoli. 

Bon Pas, p-t. White co. 111. on 
the Wabash. 

Bonsecours, bay, Al. sets up 

from Mobile bay about 14 miles. 

Boone^ co. K. on the Ohio. Pop. 

6,542. Slaves 1,296. Chief t. 

Burlington. 

Boone, co. Mo. Pop. 3,692. 
Chief t. Columbia. 

Booneville, p-t. and cap. Coop- 
er CO. Mo. on the Missouri, oppo- 
site Franklin, 150 m. W. St. 
Charles. Pop. above 1000. 

Boonsboro\ p-t. Washington 
CO. Md. 59 m. fr. Washington. 

Boonsboro\ p-t. Madison co. K 
on the Kentucky, 15 m. SE. Lex- 
ington. 

Boonsboro', p-t. and cap. War 
wick CO. Ind. 

BoonviUe, p-t. Oneida co. NY.27 
m. N. Utica. Pop. 1,294. 

Boothbay, p-t. Lincoln co. Me. 
10 m. SE. Wiscasset. Pop. 1,950, 
Bordeniown, p-t. Burlington co. 
NJ. on the Delaware, 6 m. below 
Trenton, 24 above Philadelphia. 
At Point Breese is the elegant 
seat of the Count de Survilliers, 
(Joseph Buonaparte.) 

BorgneLake, La. 40 m. long 
and 15 wide, connected with lake 
Ponchartrain by the Rigolets, and 
on the E. with the gulf of Mexi- 
co. 

Borough, t. Beaver co. Pa. 
Pop. 244. 

Boscaioen, p-t. Merrimack co. 
NH. on the Merrimack, 8 m. NW. 
Concord. Pop. 2,113. 

Boston, sea-port and cap. Mass. 
in SufFoUf CO. and the largest city 
m x\ew England, 115 m. SSW. 



ENE. Hartford, 210 NE. New 
York, 300 NE. Philadelphia, 436 
NE. Washington, and 300 SSE. 
Montreal. Lon. 70° 58' 63" W. 
Lat. 42° 22' 23" N. 

It is pleasantly situated at the 
bottom of Massachusetts bay, on 
a peninl^la of an uneven surface, 
2 miles long, and in the Avidest 
part about one mile wide. The 
harbor is one of the best in the U. 
States. It has a sufficient depth 
of water for the largest vessels, 
at all times of tide, and is acces- 
sible at all seasons of the year. It 
is safe from every wind, and so 
capacious that it will allow 500 
vessels to ride at anchor, while 
the entrance is so narrow as 
scarcely to admit 2 ships abreast. 
The entrance is well defended by 
forts Independence and Warren. 

Boston is very extensively en- 
gaged in commerce. There are 
probably few cities in the world 
where there is so much wealth in 
proportion to the population. 
The amount of shipping owned 
here in 1815, was 143,420 tons; a 
greater amount than belonged to 
any other port in the U. States, 
except New York. The country 
in the immediate vicinity is fertile 
and populous, and connected with 
the capital by fine roads. The 
Middlesex canal opens a water 
communication with the interior 
of New Hampshire. 

There are four bridges corf- 
necting Boston with the adjacent 
towns. Charles river bridge, which 
connects it with Charlestown on 
the north, is 1,503 feet long, 42 
broad, and stands on 75 piers. 
West Boston bridge, connecting 
it with Camnridge port, on the 
west, is 3,4o3 feet long, and stands 



n o 



B O b 



(HI iiJU piers. Cragie's bridge isjrccted 1825, to the east of Fanu- 
between these two, and connects I eil Hall, is built of granite; at 
it with Cambridge. A itiill-damleach end is a portico of four Gre- 
nearly two miles long and fifty cian columns, each column in one 
feet wide, w^as completed in 1821,!stone, 3 feet 7 inches diameter; 
across the bay on the SW. side of jthe length of the building is 74 
the city, the object of which is to feet by 55, two stories high. Ou 



open a new avenue, and also to 
create a water power sufficient to 
put in operation extenf-yv'e tide 
mills, and other water works. 

Among the public buildings are 
the State-house, built on elevated 
ground, commanding a fine view 
of the surrounding country ; new 
market ; new county court-house, 
built of stone, at an expense of 
^92,000; the municipal court- 
house ; a new stone jail ; Fan- 
neil hall, where all public meet- 
ings of the citizens are held ; a 
theatre; an alms-house; a cus- 
tom-house, and 32 places for pub- 
lic worship, 14 of which are for 
Congregationalists, 4 for Episco- 
palians, 4 for Baptists, 2 for Me- 
thodists, 3 for Universalists, 1 for 
Roman Catholics, 1 for Friends, 1 
for C%mMans, a New Jerusalem 
church, and the seamen's chapel. 

The houses in the older part of 
the city are plain, and the streets 
g^enerally narrow and crooked; but 
in West Boston, and in several 
streets recently laid out, the pri- 
vate buildings are more splendid 
than in any other city in the U. 
States. In 1817, there was erect- 
ed on each side of Market-street, 
a block of brick stores, more than 
400 feet in le*gth, aiid four stories 
high; and on Central Wharf, 
another immense pile of buildings 
was completed the same year, 



the N. and S. sides ofthe market, 
are handsome ranges of stores, 
with granite fronts. 

The population in 1800 was 
24,937: in 1810, 33,250: and in 
1820, 43,298. The vicinity of 
Boston is very populous. The in- 
habitants have long been cele- 
brated for their enterprise and in- 
telligence, and for the liberality 
with which they support religious, 
literary, and humane institutions. 

Among the literary institutions 
are the Boston Athenaeum, whicli 
contains about 18,000 volumes, the 
Boston library, which has 5 or 
6,000, and several other libraries, 
belonging to literary societies. A- 
mong the benevolent institutions 
are the house of industry, lately 
erected in South Boston ; the 
General Hospital, founded in 
1818, which has been richly en- 
dowed by the liberality of the 
State and of individuals, and a 
Hospital for the insane, the build- 
ings of which are situated in 
Charlestown. 

The country around Boston is 
the admiration of every traveller 
of taste. The view from the dome 
of the State-house surpasses any 
thing of the kind in this country, 
and is not excelled by that from 
the castle-hill of Edinburgh, or 
that ofthe bay of Naples, from the 
castle of St. Elmo. Here may be 
1,240 feet long, contaicing 54!seen at one view, the shipping, the 



(Stores, 4 stories high, hav 
spacious hall in the centre, over 
which is erected an elegant ob- 
;=-crvatory. The new Market, e 



harbor, variegated with islands and 
alive with business ; Charles riv- 
er, and its beautiful country, or- 
namented with elegant country 



seats ; and more than 20 flourish- 
ing towns. The hills are f nely 
cultivated, and rounded by the 
Ijand of nature with singular feli- 
city. 

Boston^ p-t. Erie co. NY. 23 m. 
SE. Buffalo. Pop. 686. 

Boston, t. Portage co. O. on 
Cuyahoga river, 18 m. NW. Rav- 
enna. Pop. 270. 

Botetourt, CO. Va. Pop. 13,589. 
Slaves 2,806. Chief t. Fincastle. 

Bottlehill, p-t. Morris co. NJ. 
16 m. NW. Elizabethtown. 

Bovina, p-t. Delaware co. NY. 
10 m. SE. Delhi. Pop. 1,267. 

Boundbrook, p-t. Somer.set co. 
NJ. 7 m. fr. New-Brunswick. 

Bouqiiet, r. NY. a branch of 
Gillelaud's creek. 

Bourbon, co. K. Pop. 17,664. 
Slaves 5,165. Chief t. Paris. 

Bow, t. Merrimack co. NH. on 
the Merrimack, 6 m. SE. Con- 
cord. Pop. 935. Here is a canal 
round the falls of the river. 

Bowdoin, u-t. Lincoln co. Me. 
20 m. W. Wiscasset. Pop. 1777. 

Bowdoinham, p-t. Lincoln co. 
Me. 15 m. W. Wiscasset. Pop. 
2,259. 

Bowling-green, p-v. and cap. 
Caroline co. Va. 48 m. N. Rich- 
mond. 

Bowling-green, p-v. and cap. 
Warren co. K. 30 m. E. Russel- 
ville. It has a bank, court-house, 
jail, and academy. 

Bowling-green, t. Licking co. 
O. Pop. 479. 

Bowman^s cr. See Canajokarie. 

Boxborough, t. Middlesex co. 
Ms. 30 ra. NW. Boston. Pop. 
424. 

Boxford, p-t. Essex co. Ms. 15 
in. NW. Salem. Pop. 906. 

Boydton, p-t. and cap. Meck- 
lenburghco. Va. 

Bovlston, t. Worcester co. Ms 



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7 m. NE. Worcester. Pop. 90.2. 

Boylston, West, p-t. Worcester 
CO. Ms. 7 m. N. Worcester. Pop. 
886. 

Bozrah, p-t. New-London co. 
Ct. 5 m. W. Norwich. Pop. 
1,083. 

BraceviUe, p-t. Trumbull co. 
O. 7 m. SW. Warren. Pop. 330. 

Bracken, co. K. Pop. 5.280. 
Slaves 676. Chief t. Augusta. 

Braddock' s field. Pa. the place 
where Braddock was slain, July 
1755, 6 m. ESE. Pittsburg. 

Braddock^s bay, in Lake Onta- 
rio, NY. 5 m. W. Charlotte. 

Bradford, p-t. Merrimac co. 
NH. 28 m. W. Concord. Pop. 
1,318. 

Bradford, p-t. Orange co. Vt. 
on Connecticut river, 7 m. below 
Newbury. Pop. 1,411. 

Bradford, p-t. Essex co. Ms. on 
the Merrimac, opposite Haverhill, 
10 m. above Newburvport : 28 m. 
N. Boston. Pop. 1,600. Brad- 
ford academy is highly respecta- 
ble, and contains about 120 pupils. 

Bradford, co. Pa. Pop. 11,554. 
Chief t. Meansville. 

Bradford, t.C\etir&e\d co. Pa. 
Pop. 572. 

Bradford, East, t. Chester co. 
Pa. Pop. 1,217. TFest, Pop. 
1,739. 

Bradleyvale, t. Caledonia co. Vt. 

Braiiierd, Missionary station of 
the American Board of Missions 
in Chickamaugah, a district of tlte. 
Cherokee nation, 30 ni. from the 
NW. corner of Georgia in an east- 
erly direction, 2 within the char- 
tered limits of Tennessee, 250 
NW. Augusta, 150 SE. NashviJie, 
110 SW. Knoxville. It stands on 
the western side of the lick- 
amaugah creek, a navigabk «v'ater 
of the Tennessee, 15 mile^ from 
its mouth. The e.stiibli^ftment 



BRA iiS 

was made in 1817, and has been 
remarkably prospered. In 1822, 
29 boys and 18 girls had left the 
scliool who could read and write ; 
and the number of scholars then 



BRA 

Brandy vfine, hundred, New- 
Castle CO. Del. Pop. 2,708. 

Brandymine^ creek, Del. rises 
in Chester co. Pa. and after a 
course of 45 miles, falls into the 



n the school was 100, of whom Delaware 2 m. below Wilmington. 



all are boarded, and many clothed, 
at the expense of the mission. 
The buildings consist of a dwell- 
ing house, with appendages for 
the accommodation of the tamily, 
2 school houses, 1 for the boys 
and 1 for the girls, several cabins 
used as dwelling houses, a grist- 
mill, saw-mill, blacksmith's and 
carpenter's shops. A farm of 
about fifty acres is brought under 
cultivation, and already such is 
the progress of the Cherokees in 
agriculture, that they furnish 
most of the means of subsistence 
to the mission. The estimated 
value of the property of the mis- 
sion in 1822 was |1 7,390.— Rev. 
Samuel "Worcester, DD. late 
Corresponding Secretary to the 
Board, died here 1821. 

Braintree, t. Orange co. Vt. 21 
m. S. Montpelier. Pop. 1,033. 

Braintree.i. Norfolk co. Ms. 8 
m. S. Boston. Pop. 1,466.— th^ 
birth place of John Adams, 2d 
President of the U. States. 

Braintreniy p-t. Luzerne co. Pa, 
on the Susquehannah, 50m. above 
Willcesbarre. Pop. 525. 

Brandon, p-t. Rutland co. Vt 
on Otter creek. Pop. 1,415. Here 
is an inexhaustible bed of bog iron 
ore which is extensively wrought 
nto bar ajid cast iron. The vil 
'age stands on both sides of Mill 
river, and contains 2 churches, an 
academy, 2 forges, 2 furnaces, a 
Bhovel factory, superior pail fac- 
tory, (fcc. 16 m. N. Rutland, 16 
S. Middlebury, 



Brnndyioinc., p-t. 
Pa. Pop 1,431. 



It abounds with fine mill seats, 
the descent of the river being 300 
feet in the course of 25 miles. It 
is navigable for vessels drawing 8 
feet water to the mills 3 miles 
from its mouth. The Brandywine 
flour mills form the finest collec- 
tion in the U. States. In 1815, 
they were 14 in number, capable 
of grinding annually 500,000 bush- 
els. Above the flour mills other 
improvements are made, extend- 
ing 4 or 5 miles along the river ; 
among tliese are several large cot- 
ton and woollen manufactories, a 
large manufacture of gunpowder, 
a paper mill, snuff mill, &,c. A 
battle was fought at a place called 
Chadd's ford on this river, be- 
tween the British and Americans, 
Sept. 11th, 1777, after which the 
Americans retreated. 

Branford, p-t. New-Haven co. 
Ct. on Long Island Sound, 10 m. 
E. New-Haven. Pop. 2,230. 

Braitleboro\ p-t. Windham co. 
Vt. on Connecticut river. Pop. 
2017. The east village, at the 
mouth of Whitstone creek, a good 
mill stream, is a place of much 
business, and contains a Congre- 
gational church, a bank, (^100,000 
capital,) an extensive paper mill 
connected with perhaps the larg- 
est printing establishment and 
bindery in the State, a tin factory, 
cotton and woollen factories, dis- 
tilleries, &c. A weekly newspaper 
is issued here. The stages reach 
Brattleboro' in one day, from Bos- 
ton, Hartford, Albany, and Han- 



Chcstcr CO. I over. 30 m. 
iVV. Boston. 



E. Bennington, 75 



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Brcckenhridge^ co. K. Pop. 
7,485. Slaves 1,267. 

Brecknock, Pa. t. Lancaster co. 
Pop. 1062. t. Berks CO. Pop. 536. 

JSreniwood, p-t. Rockingham co. 
NH. on Exeter rivf.r, 15 rn. W. 
Portsmouth. Pop. 892. 

Brentaville, p-t. arid cap. Prince 
William co. Va. 51 m. fr. Rich- 
mond. 

BretionvH)ods, t. Coos co. NH. 

Brewer, p-t. I'enobscot co. Me. 
on Penobscot river, 5 m. S. E. 
Bangor. Pop. 744. 

Brewster, p-t. Bariistable co. 
Ms. 16 m. E. Barnstable. Pop 
1,285. 

Briar creek, t. Columbia co. Pa 
Pop. 1,719. 

Briar creek, Ga. runs into Sa- 
vannah river, half way between 
Aucrusta and Savannah. 

hricksville, t. Cuyahoga co. O. 
Pop. 315. 

Bridgekampton, p-v. in South- 
ampton, SiifFolk CO. ^Y. 

Bridgeport, p-t. and bor. Fair- 
field CO. Ct. 3 m. W. Stratford, 
17 m. W. New-Haven. It is 
beautifully situated on both sides 
of Pughquonnuck river, a fine mill 
stream, forming at its mouth the 
harbor of Bridgeport. Here are 
a bank, and two churches, 1 E- 
piscopal and 1 Congregational. 
Pop. in 1810, 1,089. Shipping in 
1815, 1,414 tons. 

Bridgeport, v. Seneca co. NY. 
on the W. side of Cayuga lake, 
opposite Cavuga village. 

Bridgeport, bor. a,nd t. Fayette 
CO. Pa. on the Monongahela, se- 
parated by Dunlap's creek from 
Brownsville. Pop. 624. 

Bridgetown, p-t. Cumberland 
CO. Me. 39 m. NW. Portland. 
Pod. 1,160. Here is an academy. 

iBridgetown, p-t. and cap. Cum- 
berland CO. NJ. on Cohaazie 



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creek, 20 m. above its entrance 
into Delaware ttay. The river 
is navigable to this place for ves- 
sels of 100 tons. Shipping in 1815, 
14,493 tonH. The puolic biiikl- 
ngs are a court-house, jail, bank, 
and academy. 50 SE. Philadel- 
phia. 

Bridgetown, t. Queen Anne co. 
Md. on the W. sid.i of the Tuck- 
ahoo, 8 m. F.. Centrevillo. 

Bridgetovm, p-t. Kent co. Md. 
on Chester river, 18 m. above 
Chest f:r, 45 E. Baltimore. 

Bridgewater, t. Grafton co. NH. 
on the Merrini;ick, 28 m. NNW. 
Concord. Pop. 727. 

Bridgewater, t. Windsor co. Vt. 
17 m. NW. Windsor. Pop. 1,12.'.. 

Bridgewater, p-t. Plymouth co. 
Ms. Large quantities of hard- 
ware, nails, (fee. are made hero. 
In the S. parish is an academy. 22 
m. S. Boston. Pop. 5,670. 

Bridgevjnter, p-t. Oneida co. 
NY. 12 m. S. Utica. Pop. 1, 53.i. 

Bridgewater, t. Somerset co. 
N.J. 3 m. N. Boundbrook. Pop. 
3,147. Here is a copper-mine. 

Bridgewater, p-t. Susquehanuah 
CO. Pa. Pop. 1,994. 

Bridport, p-t. Addison co. Vt. 
on lake Champlain, opposite 
Crown Pt. 8 m. W. Middlcbury. 
Pop. 1,511. 

Brighton, p-t. Middlesex co. 
Ms. 5 m. W. Boston. Pop. 702. 
Here the cattle are driven for the 
supply of Boston market, and an 
annual cattle show takes place 
under the direction of the Massa- 
chusetts Agricultural Society. 
Brighton has many elegant coun- 
try seats. 

Brighton, p-t. Monroe co. NY. 
Pop. 1,972. 

Brighton, p-t. Beaver co. Pa. 
at the falls of Big beaver. Pop. 72!? 

Brim/ield, p-t. IlainpdeJi co. 



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ATs. 19 m. E. SpringficW. Pop. 

Bristol, p-t. Lijicoln co. Me. 
1.3 m. E. WiscasKC't. Pop. 2,94tJ. 

Bristol, p-t. Crafton co. Nil. 
Pop. 675. 30 m. N. Concord. 

Bristol, p-t. Addison co. Vt. 25 
m. SW. Montpelier. Pop. 1,051. 

Bristol, CO. Ms. Pop. 4(),90;i. 
Chief towns, Taunton ami N. Bed- 
lord. 

Bnstol, CO. R. I. Pop. 5,637. 

Bristol, s-p. and cup. Bristol co. 
RI. on tlie E. shore of Narraganset 
bay, 13 in. N. Newport, 15 S. 
Providence. Pop. 1,397. It has 
a commodious harbour, and is i 
place of trade. ShippKiy in 1815 
0,944 tons. 

Bristol, p-t. Hartford co. Ct. 16 
in. W. Hartford. I'op. 1,362. 

Bristol, p-t. Ontario co. NY 
10 m. SW. Canandaigua. Pop 
2,249. Here is a spring emitting 
inflammable air. 

Bristol, bor. and p-t. Bucks co 
Pa. on the Delaware, opposite 
Burlington, 19 m. above Philadel- 
j.hia. Pop. 908, of town 1,165 

Bristol, t. Pliiladclpliia co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,257. 

Bristol, Ohio, p-t. Trumbull co. 
12 m. N. Warren. Pop. 313. t. 
J\I(»rgan co.. Pop. 452. 

Broadulbin, p-t. Montgomery 
( o. NV. 38 m. W. Albany. Pop. 
.:,428. 

Broadcreek, t. Sussex co. Del. 
I'op. 2,599. 

Broadkill, p-t. Sussex co. Del. 
10 m. N. Lewiston. Pop. 2,731. 

Broad river, SC is formed by 
ihe union of Ennoree, Tiger and 
Packolet rivers, and after flowing 
40 miles joins the Saluda above 
Columbia, to form the Congaree. 
Brockfiort,Ta-v. Monroe co. NY. 
on the canal 18 miles W. Koch- 
<jstcr. 



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Broken straw, t. Warren co, 

I. Pop. 302. 

Broktn-slraw, cr. Pa. runs into 
the Alleghany, 8 m. W. Warren. 

Bronx creek, NY. runs S. 28 m. 
and falls into East river, in West- 
chester. 

Brooke co. Va. Pop. 6,631. 
Slaves 383. Chief t. Wcllsburg. 

Brookjitld, t. Strafford co. NH. 
31 m. NNW. Portsmouth. Pop. 
690. 

Brookfield, p-t. Orange co. Vt. 
17 m. S. Montpelier. Pop. 1,507. 

Brookjlf.ld, p-t. Worctjster co. 
Mass. 18 m. W. Worcester, 5U 
W. Boston. Pop. 2,292. 

Brookjitld, p-t. l*'airfield co. 
Ct. 6 m. NE. Danbury, 33 NW. 
New-Haven. Pop. 1,159. 

Brookjield, p-t. Madison co. 
NY. 22 m. S. Utica. Pop. 4,240. 

Brookfield, Ohio, p-t. Trumbull 
CO.. 15 m. E. Warren. Pop. 524. 
t. Morgan co. Pop. 314. 

Brookhaven, t. Suffolk co. NY. 
on Long Island. It extends from 
the Sound to the Atlantic, com- 
prising 300 sq. miles, and has 9 
post offices. Pop. 5,218. 

Brookline, t. Hillsboro' co. Nil. 
35 m. S. Concord. Pop. 592. 

Brookline, t. Windham co. Vt. 
40 m. S. Windsor. Pop. 391. 

Brookline, t. Norfolk co. Ms. 5 
m. SW. Boston. Pop. 900. Here 
are many elegant country seat.s. 

Brooklyn, p-t. and cap. Wind- 
ham CO. Ct. on the Quinebaug, 20 
m. N. Norwich. Pop. 1,264. 

Boooklyn, p-t. Kings co. NY. on 
Long Island, opposite N. York 
city, from wliich it is separated by 
East river three-quarters of a 
mile wide. It is the third town 
in population and commerce in 
the state. 'I'lie village of Brook- 
lyn is incorporated, and occupies 
tlie margin of the river. a.nrt the 



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adjacent bank, which ferminatx-s Miami 20 m. hclow, am can be 

in an cJevated plain. It i* made navigable to this plav;. 20 

compactly built : nrjar the wat^^r m. N. I^wr'jnceburg, and 4iv\V, 

the streets are narro^^' artd crook- Cincinnati. It was laid out in 

ed, hot the rest of the villag^e is 1JJ'21, and already contaius nearjj' 

reg»jlarly built, the slreets are 100 buiWinirjj, a mark«,'t-ho\iae, a 

Ftraight and onvftnicnt, and on brick court hoa>>e, and jail. 

the hifi[h ground which overlooks Broonu^ co. .W. v\. m. 700 

the city and harbor, are many Pop. 11,100. Chief t. Bingham- 

handsorae dwelling houses. The ton. 

public bniidin^s are -5 churrhes, Brof/mf,, p-t. .Schoharie co. XV. 

viz. 1 each for Dutch Reformed, 3-5 SVV. Albany. Fop. 2,680. 

Episcopalians, Methodist*, Pres- Broth^rs-vaUe^y t. ftomeraet co. 

byterian*, and Roman Catholic;- : Pa. Pop. l,'/jl. 

a Lancafiterian iichrx>l, Apprenti-j Brothertmrn, Indian v. in Pans, 

ces. Library, alrnshou.«5c, and 2 NT. Pop. 400. 

market hou5?e«. Among the man- Brrnm, t. Lycoming co Pa. 

ufactorie« are two of paint, three. Pop. .^22. 

gin distilleriea, a cotton a.id linen' Brmm^ co. O. Chief t. Ripley, 

factory, several rope walki*, &^. Pop. I'.i.'i'A. 

— To the E- of the village, on aj JSrown, Ohio, t. Miami co. 

tract of land callcl the Walla-; Por>. .{49. t. Stark co. Pop. 365. 

boght, u* a r. States Nary yard,' iirown, fx>. Mich. ter. Pop, 

where are erected a house for the:952. Chief t. Crceri Bay. 

Commandant, several Kj>aciou«i Broinnfitld, r>-i. Oxford co. 8fle. 

r ?re hoas'?^ and an irnnien«eV>n Saco river, 28 m. SW. Pariu. 

wo<i*len tnMfirt: under Vihich the Pop. 747, 

I:irge<;t ships of wir are built. — : Brcvmhdm, p-t. Huron co. O. 

Brooklyn communicates with the-; Pop. 282. 

city by two ff.rv.ax and ib the' J?rorwmn^'>n, p-t. Orleamr co. 

great thoroughOire of the tsavel V't. 4S m. >'E. Montpelier. Poo. 

on I>ing Island, — \ battle %ra*i265. 

fon^ht here, Aug. 27, 177^*, in- Brr/wnshv.r^^ p-t. Rockbridge 

which the Americane v/cre defeat- CO. V'a. 12 m. .>X. Lrjxington 

e«i bv the BritiHh, Pop. in l}i2.5. Brr/inutotr./i, p-t. and cap. 

of the village, 8300: whole town Jackson co. Ind. GO m. N, Corf- 

(ertsmited) 12000. don, 

Brottkiyn, t. Cuyahoga co, O,; Sro'lCTWrt/if, bor. and p-t. Fav- 
P«p. 34/J, ' ettc CO. Pa, on the S. bank of tfie 

Brooke, p-t. Hancock co. Me- Monon^ahela, at the junction of 
Pop. :3I3. Dunlap's crf::ek. The town is 

BrooksvUtf,i. Hancock co. Me. built on the f?ide of a hill rinni^ 
Pop. 972. ,300 feet above the river, and le 

BfookvilU^ p-v. Montfromery rejrjiarjy laid out. It contain* a 
eo. Md- on tlie Patuxent, 2^ m. .^^ print ing'-pres*, a bank, 2 market 
Washington- hon»e«, and 3 churchfi', one each 

BroolcvUU^ p-t. and cap. Frank- for Presbvteriana, Episcopalians, 
lin CO. Ind. in the forks of White- and Met.hodirts. Pop.. 976 
Hater river, v.bich falb- inVj *he Bruwrir'- lile is in the vicixutv c: 



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LnurcJ'^'lN whence abundance of fessors ; 2 tutors; 134 Ktndents, 
iron •>'"iJ is obtained. It is well heyide medical students ; a coni- 
gUf^)lied with excellent coal, and piete philosophical apparatus, and 
ijfJtt to I'ittsburg, isthenioHt con- a library of about 5,(»()(» volumes, 
siderable manufacturing town in The buildings are pleasantly situ- 
the w(\stern i)art of the State, ated on an elevated plain, com- 



\uioug the manufactories are a mandingavii.'W of tlic Androseog- 

lufacto- gin and the adjacent country 

ry, i'oundry, forges, and rurnaccs, The college was endowed by the 



glass house ; cotton maiiufacto- 



for the manulacture of various ar- U;gishitur(! oCMassachuseltH with 
tidey ol' hardwarii ; and a steel live townships of land, and the 
manufactory ( ;n»abl<> of making sum ol" .},(MK) dollais annually, in 
annually 70 tons of steel. The nutney. Since tiie separation of 
river is navigable to this place for Maine from MasKnchusetts the 
boats of "2 or J feet water, and legislature of th(> new State h.aa 
st» am-boats and other boats an; continued tin; anuuiil grant. The 
budt here for the navigation of principal private beueJactor of 
tln> Ohio and Mississippi. the College was the late Hon. 

Jirowtufville, i. and cap. Jack- James Bowdoin, whose donations 
son CO. 111. on Muddy river, 84 m. amounted to 10,(tOO dollars. 
S. Vandalia. j Brunswick, t. Rensselaer co. 

Broxvn University. See fro-jNY. 5 m. K. Troy. I'op. 2,318. 
videnre, R. 1. Brunswick^ See J\'ew-Brims- 

BnnonviUe, n-t. Penobscot co.\wick. 
Me. 40 m. N. i>angor. I'op. 136.] JBn/ns«>icA:,t. Schuylkill co. Pn. 
In 1810, the country InitwcujnjPop. 1,974. 

Brow!iville and th(> Chaiidierel Brvnsiinck, co. Va. Pop. 
was explored, and the distance jl(>,t)87. Slaves 10,081. 
to St. Fram.ois on that river, Brvnswi(k,co. M'. Pop. 5,480. 
found to be 100 miles. Slaves 2,334. Chiei't. Smithville. 

BrownviLlr, p-t. Jefl'er.son co. Bninstnicky t. Brunswick co. 
NV. Pop. 3,990. T)io village is' xN'C. on Cape Fear river, 30 fr. 
a place of some trade and manu- it.s mouth, 17 below WiWuingtou. 
fact u res ; it stands on iilack riv-| Brunswick, p-t. seaport, and 
er, at the lower rapids, which cap. (ilynn co. (5eo. on Turtle 
allbrd good mill-s».ats, 3 m. fr. its liver, with a sale and spacious 
mouth, 4 m. It-. \Vatt;rtown. harbour for the largest vessels 

Brunswick, t. Kssi x co. Vt. 5^) 10 m. S. Darien, 80 S. Savannah, 
m. NE. Moutpehcr. I^)p. 124. Lat. 31° jO N Shipping m 1815, 

Brunsii'ick, u-t. Cumberland co. 1,049 tons. 
Me. on the SW. side of the An- i?n/wsw<cA', p-t. Medina co. O. 
droscoggin, at the fulls, which|Pop. 172. 

lurnish many valuable seats for Brush C7-eek, Ohio. t. Highland 
mill.s and numufactories, 30 m. N.co. I'op. 1,173. t. Muskingum 
K.Portland. Pop. 2,931. co. on the Muskingum, 4 m. be- 

Bovvdcnn colkge in this town, 'low Zanesville. Pop. 699. t. 
WHS incorporated in 1794. In! Scioto co. Pop. 288. 
182r) it had a President ami 4 pro- Brush creek^ O. runs into the 
iehVjord, including 2 jucdicai pro- [Ohio, in .Adams county. 



1] u !• 4i a u a 

ririitu^, p-t. C!ayugaco. NY. onit.ho public biiildingB arc an Kpirf- 
[) canal, 5 m. N. Auburn. Pop.|copa! church, a conrt-houBc, jaij[» 

*n 1S14 here was only 
iiijT-iiousc ; in 1825, thr. 



Geo. 



Top. 3,021 



t.li( 
'},579 

Bryan, co, 
Slaves 2,23n. 

linckficld, p-t. Oxford co. 
(\ m. S. Faris. Pop. 1,501. 

Buckinf^ham, co. Va. Pof), 
17,569. SlavcB 9,939. Chief t 
New-CJanton. 

Buckin<rhnm, Pa. t. Bucks co 
Pop. 1,8H2. t,. Wayne co. Pop 
385. 

Bnckloml, p-t. Franklin co 
MasH. 10 m. SW. Greenfield 
Pop. l,o;i7. 

Bvcklund, p-t. Prince William 
CO. Va. 40 m. SW. Washin^rton, 
Bucks, CO. Pa. Pop. 37,842 
Chieft. Bristol. 

Burkskin, t. Ross co. O. If! ni. 
NW. Ghillicothe. Pop- 1»-^31. 

Buckspoif, p-t. Hancock co. 
Mo. on the E. side of the Ptjnob- 
Hcot, 25 m. E. Castine. Top. 
1,658. 

Bvcksvillr, v. Cayuga co. NY. 
on the canal, 8 m. N. Aubcrn. 

Bvcktmnn, t. Dorcliewter co. 
Md. on the E. shore, 8 in. S. Cain- 
brid^rf.. 

ByfFido, p-t. port of entry, and 
cap. Eri(! co. NY. ;it the outlet of 
Jiake Erie, and the cntnnienr*'- 
tnent of the Erie canal. Buffa- 
lo creek, a cojiKiderable mill 
str(!am here joins th(! lake ;ind nf- 
fords a good h;irl)our, tiie dcpt 
of water \n\\\\]r 12 or 14 feet for a 
mile from the lake; the only 
obstruction is the sand which con- 
tinually accumuhitcb at the mouth, 
to prevent which, a pier of 1000 
leet in length is now erecting, 
which is BO far completed (1822) 



and bank, 
one d\ 

population of the; village was up- 
wards of 3000. 22 m. S. Niagara 
falls,80 NE. Erie,240 E. .Sanduskyj 
302 E. Detroit, 222 NE. Pittsburtf, 
29»; W. Albany. 

BvJJ'oln, I 'a. t. Washington co. 
Tof). 1,130. -t. Armstrong co. 
I'op. 1,.^97.— t. Butler co. Pop. 
^j82.— t. J'erry co. Pop. 875.-- 
L Union CO. I'oj). 2,376. 

BvJf'aLo, t. Guernsey co. O. on 
Wills' creek, 6 ni. S. Cambridge. 
Pop. 482. 

Bvjr<'l'>,i. Pike CO. Mo. 
BvJ/ii/o, r. Mi. runs into t}ic 
Missisippi, at Lofturi' hei/rhts. 

Hiijjalo creek, Va. runs into tljo 
Ohio above Wheeling. 

Bnllcl CO. Ky. Pop. 5,831. 
Slaves 245. 

BvUor.h,co. Ga. Chief t. StatCK- 
boro'. Pop. 2,578. Slaves 697. 
Bvncomlie, co. NC. Pop. 10,542. 
.Slav(;s 1042. Chieft. Morristown. 
The warm springs are on the mar- 
gin of French Broad river, 32 m. 
from Ashville; the temperature 
is 94"^ to lOlo ; the waters are ben- 
cOeial in cases of palsy, rheuma- 
tism, cutaneous afl'ectione, &,(:. 
The country around is mountain- 
ous and h«'althy, and abounds ia 
romantic scenery, rendering tile 
springs an agreeable resort for iu- 
valida. 

Bvrke, p-t. Caledonia Co. Vt. 

40 m. NE. Montpelier. Pop. 541. 

Burke, CO. NC. Pop. 1.3,411. 

Slaves 1,917. Chieft. Morgant'u. 

Burke, CO. Geo. Pop. 11,577. 

Slaves 5,820. Chief t. WayncB- 



that vessels drawing 6 or 7 feet'bon 
water enter the harbour. I'he vil- Burkesville^ p-t. and cap; Cum* 
lage stands on the NE. side of the berland Co. Ky. on Cvimbcrlajid 
creek, half a mile from its mouth ;'r^er, 164 m. S. PVankfort. 



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MurUngfon, p-t. port of entry 
and cap. Chittenden co. Vt. on a 
bay of the same name in Lake 
Champlain. The village is the 



president and 6 professors, 4 of 
A\ horn are medical professors ; the 
library consists of about 1,000 vo- 
lumes, and the philosophical ap- 



largest and handsomest in the paratus is tolerably complete 



state. It occupies the side of a 
hill, rising gradually from the lake 
for amilp, and on the top of which 
are the College buildings. This 
estensive area is divided into 
squares by streets intefsecting 
each other at right angles, and 
the village lies scattered over it 
chiefly in several detached groups 
of buildings ; a deep ravine vvdnds. 
diagonally across, and somewhat 
disfigures the surface. The v 
lage is well built ; many of tlie 
buildings are of brick, and on th; 
high grounds are several, conspic 
nous for their elegance and aftbrd 
ing delightful views of the lak( 
and adjacent country. The pub- 
lic buildings are two Congrega 
tional churches, an academy 
a court-house, a jail, and a bank 
(,;^150,000 capital) ; a weekly 
newspaper is published hero. — A 
mile and a half NE. of the village 
are the falls of Onion river, around 
which are extensive mills and 
manufacturing establishments. 
About 20 vessels navigate lake 
Champlain, most of which arc 
owned in this place. 

Tile University of Vermont was 
incorporated in 1791. Its pro 
gress has been retarded by vari 
ous calamities, but it is now in a 
flourishing condition. The lo 
recently sustained by the burning 
of the College edifice has been re- 
paired chiefly by the munificence 
of the citizens of Burlington The 
funds of the University consist 
principally of lands amounting to 
about 40,600 acres, and yield at 
Jyregent iin annual income of about 



JsSOO dollars. The QiB.c.ers are afPop. 5QQ 



The number of students in 1823 
was 108, including 55 medical 
students. There are two college 
odiiices of brick, each containing 
24 rooms for students, and a third 
is soi'n to be erected, to contain a 
chapel and other public rooms. 
Pop. in 1824, 2,600. 35 m. W. 
Montpelier, 22 SE, I'lattsburgh, 
97 S. Montreal, 75 N. White- 
hall. Lat.40o27'N.Lon.73oi5'W. 

Burlington, p-t. Middlesex co. 
Ms. 12 m. NW. Boston. Pop. 508. 

Burlington, p-t. Hartford co. 
Ct. 16 W. Hartford. Fop. 1,360. 

Bnrlington, p-t. Otsego co. NY. 
12 m. W. Cooper stov.'n. Pop. 
2,457. 

' Burlinscton, co. NJ. Pop. 
28,822. Slaves 82. 

Burlington, city, port of entry 
and cap. Burlington co. NJ. on 
Delaware river, opposite Bristol, 
11 m. below Trenton, 17 above 
Philadelphia. Pop. 2,758. It 
contains a court-house, jail, four 
churches, an academy, a public 
library, and some manufactories. 
Its harbor is safe ard commodious. 
Shipping in 1815, 1,592 tons. 

Burlington, p-t. Bradford co. 
Pa. Pop. 560. 

Bnrlington, Ohio, t. Belmont 
CO. on the Ohio, 4 miles above 
Wheeling, t. Licking co. Pop. 
489. p-t. and cap. Lawrence co. 
on the Ohio, 75 m. SE. Chiilico- 
the. Po]). 140. 

Bnri-ilville, t. Providence co. 
Pi 24 fr. Providence. Pop. 2164. 

Bnrton, t. Strafford co. NIL 50 
m. NE. Concord. Pop. 209. 

Burton, p-t. Geauga co. O. 



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Bush river, Md. runs into the 
Chesapeake 10 m. below Harford 

Bushkill, t. Northampton co 
Pa. Pop. 1,2G2. 

Bushtown. See Harford, Md 

Bushwick, t. Kings co. NY. on 
East river, 3 m. from New York. 
Pop. 930. 

Buskirk's bridge, p-v. Wash- 
ington CO. NY. 28 m. N. Albany. 
48 S. Whitehall. 

Busti, p-t. Chatauque co. NY. 
27 m. SE. Maysville. 

Butler, CO. Pa. Pop. 10,193. 

Butler, p-t. and cap. Butler co. 
Pa. 40 m. N. Pittsburg. Pop. 697. 

Butler, CO. Ala. Pop. 1,405. 
Slaves 569. 

Butler, CO. Ky. Pop. 3,083 
Slaves 472. 

Butler, CO. Ohio. Pop. 21,746. 
Chief t. Hamilton. 

Butler, Ohio, t. Columbiana co. 
Pop. 998. t. Montgomery co. on 
the Miami, 7 m. N. Dayton. Pop. 
.1,646. t. Darke co. Pop. 323., 



Butternuts, p-t. Otsego cq. NY. 
21 SW. Cooperst'n. Pop. 3,601. 

Buxton, p-t. York co. Me- oa 
Saco river, 8 m. NW. Saco, 40 N. 
York. Po]). 2,590. 

Buzzard's bay, on the S. coast 
of Mass. sets up between Seako- 
net point on the W. and Kutta- 
hunk, one of the Elizabeth islands, 
on the E. It is 40 m. long, and 
7 v/ide, and approaches within 3^ 
miles of Barnstable bay. 

Byberry, t. Philadelphia co. Pa. 
Pop. 876. 

Byjield, parish, Essex co. Mass. 
partlv in Rowley, and partly in 
Newbury. Pop.' in 1810, 755. 
Here is Dummer Academy, well 
endowed, and having a good li- 
brary. 

Byram, r. runs into L.I. sound 
between Connecticut and N.York 

Byram, t. Sussex co. NJ. Pop 
672. 

Byron, p-t. Genesee co. NY. 10 
m. NE. Batavia. Pop. 1,330. 



Cabarras, co. NC. Pop. 7,248. 
Slaves 1,599. Chief t. Concord. 

Cabell, CO. Va. Pop. 4,789. 
Slaves 392. 

Cabot, p-t. Caledonia co. Vt. 16 
m. NE. Moutpelier. Pop. 1,032. 

Cadiz, p-t. and cap. Harrison co. 
O. with a brick court-house, an a- 
cademv, and printing-ofRce ; 25 m. 
W. Steubenville. Pop. 2,472. 

Cado, p-t. Clark co. Ark. Pop. 
617. 

Cadron, or Quadrant, t. Pulaski 
CO. Ark. on the N. side of the Ar- 
kansas, with a convenient harbor 
for boats. Pop. 717. 150 m. above 
Arkansas. 

Caernarvm, Pa-, t. Berks co 



Pon. 829. t. Lancaster co. Pop. 
1,412. 

Caisar''s creek, t. Green co. O. 
Pop. 1,131. 

Cahawha, p-t. cap. Dallas CO. 
Ala. and seat of government of 
the state, on a high bluff at the 
i'lnction of the Cahawba with the 
Alabama, 77 m. NE. St. Stephens. 
A newspaper is issued here. 

Cahokia, p-t. and cap. St. Clair 
CO. 111. 5 m. below St. Louis. It 
contains a court-house, jail, and 
RoiYian Catholic chapel. Pop. 500, 
mostly French. 

Calioos falls, NY. in Mohawk; 
river, 3 m. above its mouth. Thtj 
'river here rs ab'out lOQ feet wiclt 



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t.hp rock over which it pours, ex- 
fends across the river obliquely 
from SW. to NE. and is about 70 
jTeet high. 

Cairo, p-t. Greene co. NY. 10 
JU. NW. Catskill. Pop. 2,3.53. 

Cairo, i. Alexander co. 111. on 
Ihe Ohio, 3 m. from its mouth. 

Cairo, p-t. Sumner co. T. on 
the Cumberland, 30 m. E. Nash- 
ville. 

Calais, p-t. Washington co. Me. 
on the St. Croix, just below the 
falls, where are extensive saw- 
mills. The river is navigable to 
this place for sea vessels. Pop. 
^8. 30 m. NW. Eastport. 

Calais, t. Washington co. Vt. 
Pop. 1,111. 37 m. E. Burlington. 

Galalico, t. Lancaster co. Pa. 
Pop. 4,590. 

Calcasiu, r. La. falls into the 
gulf of Mexico. 

CaldweU, p-t. and cap. Warren 
CO. NY. at the head of Lake 
George. The village stands at the 
iSW. corner of the lake, and is a 
Handsome, flourishing place, with 
about 60 houses, among which are 
a church, court-house, jail, and a 
printing-office, from which 
weekly paper is issued. Here are 
the ruins of the English Fort TVil 
tiam Henry, which was attacked 
tmsuccesefully by the French Ba 
fon Dieskau, Sept. a, 1 755 ; ii 
the narrow defile, 3 miles south, 
there was considerable slaughter 
during the day by both parties ; 
most of the dead were thrown in 
Co a small pond by the road-side, 
called, from the circumstance, 
Bloody, pond ; the neighboring 
mountain, where the French ap 
peared, still bears the name of 
Jiltench mountam. This fort was 
besieged Aug. 1757, by the French 
Martfuis J Montcalm, and on its 
,*^urreJTd'ei*, mgny of fhe garrison 



were treacherously ijiassacrcLl, 
Here are also the ruins of Fori. 
George, built on high ground, 1-4 
mile from the lake. Pop. 723. 62 
m. N. Albany. A steam-boat 
plies regularly to the foot of the 
lake. 

Caldioell, p-t. Essex co. NJ. 
Pop. 2,020. 

Caldwell, co. Ky. Pop. 9,022. 
Slaves, 1,444. 

Caledonia, co. Vt. Chief t'ns. 
Danville and Peacbam. Sq. in. 
700. Pop. 16,669. 

Caledonia, p-t. Livingston co. 
NY. on Genesee river, 31 m. W. 
Canaiidaigua. Pop. 1,323. Here 
are the Big Springs, which dis- 
charge water enough at all sea- 
sons to supply numerous mills. 

Caledonia, t. Washington co. 
Mo. 12 m. W. Potosi. 

Calf-pasture, or JVorth River, r. 
Ya. runs into James river. 

Calhoun, p-t. and cap. McMinn 
CO. Ten. on the Hiwassee. 

Callaway, co. Mo. Pop. 1,797. 
Chief t. Elizabeth. 

Cain, East, t. Chester co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,162. JVest Cain. Pop. 
1,182. 

Calvert, co. Md. Pop. 8,073. 
Slaves 3,663. Chief t. Prince 
Frederick. 

Cambria, p-t. Niagara co. NY. 7 
m. NW. Lockport. Pop. 1,134. 

Cambria, co. Pa. Pop. 3,287. 
Chief t. Ebensburgh. 

Cambria, t. Cambria co. Pa. 
Pop. 604. 

Cambridge, p-t. Franklin co.Vt. 
on Lamoil river, 21 m. NE. Bur- 
lington. Pop. 1,176. 

Cambridge, p-t. Middlesex co. 
Ms. on Charles river, 3 m. WNW. 
Boston. Lon. 7P 4' 30" W. Lat. 
42° 23' N. Pop. 3,295. It con- 
tains the colleges, a court-house, 
county jail, st'atp aTSenal, and 4 



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cTiurches, viz. 2 for Congregation- 
alists, 1 for Episcopalians, and 1 
for Baptists. The courts of the 
county are held alternately here 
and at Concord. Lechmore's 
point, at the SE. extremity of the 
town, is connected with Boston 
and Charlestown by bridges. 
Here are the county buildings, a 
glass-house, with a cutting-house, 
&,c. a red lead.factory, a pottery, 
brewery, and other works. Cam- 
bridgeport is a considerable vil- 
lage, to the W. of the point, and 
is connected by a bridge with Bos- 
ton. 

In this town is Harvard College, 
or the University of Cambridge, 
the oldest and most wealthy lite- 
rary institution in the U. States. 
It was founded in 1638, in less than 
20 years after the first settlement 
of New-England. Its officers in 
1325 were a president, 17 profes- 
sors, 6 tutors, an instructor in 
French and Spanish, and 2 proc- 
tors. The library is the largest 
in America, containing upwards 
of 25,000 volumes. The philoso- 
phical and chemical apparatus are 
complete. There are, belonging 
to the University, a valuable cab- 
inet of minerals, an excellent ana- 
tomical museum, and a botanic 
garden, containing 8 acres, and 
furnished with an extensive col- 
lection of trees, shrubs, and 
plants, both native and foreign. 
The college buildingy consist of 
the University hall, wjiich is an 
elegant stone edifice, containing 
the chapel, dining halls, and lec- 
ture rooms ; Harvard hall, con- 
taining the library, philosophical 
apparatus, museum, &c. ; 4 spa- 
cious brick edifices, containing 
rooms for students ; and several 
other buildings, for the accommo- 
dations of the president, profes- 
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sors, and students. An. astronov 
mical observivtory is about to ba 
erected on an extensive scale. A, 
law school, medical school, and 
theological seminary, form part 
of the University. The whole 
number of studeiits in 1825 was 
407, of whom So v/ere tlvsologi- 
cal students, 127 attending medi- 
cal lectures in 1824—5, 10 lav/ 
students, 1 resident, and 234 un- 
der-graduates. The whole num- 
ber who were educated here from 
the establishment of the institu- 
tion to the year 1824, wiis 4,7<J3, 
a greater number than at any other 
college in the country. 

Cambridge, West, p-t. Midtllescx 
CO. Ms. 6m. N.Boston. Pop. 1,064, 

Cambridge, p-t. Washington co. 
NY. 12 m. S. Salem, 85 NE. Al- 
bany. Pop. 2,491. Here are 4 
churches, and an academy. 

Cambridge, p-t. and cap. Dar* 
Chester co. INId. finely situated 
on Great Choptank rivef, which if? 
here 2 miles wide. Here are 2 
churches, 1 for Methodists, 1 foi: 
Episcopalians, a court-house, jail, 
and academy. 14 m. S. Easton. 

Cambridge, p-t. Abbeville c6. 
SC. 80 m. NNW. Columbia, 50 IV. 
by W. Augusta, 140 NW. Charles- 
ton. It contains a couit-house, 
jail, and academy. 

Cambridge, p-t. and cap. GaeTli- 
sey CO. O. on Will's creek, 25 m. 
E.'Zanesville. Pop. 300. 

Camden, p-t. Lincoln co. Me. 
on Penobscot bay, 12 m. E. Thorn- 
aston. Pop. 1,825. 

Camden^ p-t. Oneida co. NY. 20 
m. NW. Rome. Pop. 1,772. 

Camden, t. Gloucester co, iVJ. 
opposite Philadelphia. 

Camden, p-t. Kent co. Del, 
about 4 S. Dover. 

Camden, co. NC. Pop. 6,347- 
Shves 1,749. Chief t. Jonc:-^bo'*o\ 



'C A N 41. 

^ Camdtn, p-t., and cap. Kershaw 
fo. SC. on the Wateree, at tlie 
imjction of Pine-tree creek. 35 m. 
iNK. Columbia, 120 NVV. Charles- 
ton, 109 NE. Augusta. Lat. 34"^ 
1 r N. Lon. 80O .54' W. It is regu- 
luly laid out, and contains about 
iJUO houses, a court-house, jail, an 
:icademy, now belonging to the 
'llxplian Society, a niasouic hall, 
1'iick inark(!t, library, arsenal, 3 
:diouring mills, »Lc. 4 churches, viz. 
\i\\ t^i)iscoi)al, I'rcsbyterian, Cap- 
tist, and Metliodist. Tht; river is 
navigable for boats oi'70 tons, and 
there is a lively trade witii tin 
buck country. Two battles won 
fought here during the revoiution- 
:i.ry war ; one the lUth Aug. 178() 
between Gen. Gates and Lon 
i^ornwallis ; the other, the 2Jd 
April, 1 78 1 , between Gen. Greene 
iiud Lord Rawdon. 

Cumderiy co. Ga. Pop. 3,402. 
'olaves 2,0.95. Chief t. St. Mary's. 
Camtl''s back, mt. Vt. the 2d in 
!u}ight of the Green mountains ; 
*], 188 feet above tide water. 17 
111. AV. Montpelier. 

Cnmcron, t. Steuben co. NY. fi 
3:i. S. Bath. 

CamilluSy p-t. Onondaga co. N V 
10 m. NW. Onondaga. Pop. 5,791 
Campbell, co. \'a. Pop. 1G,5G9. 
tjlaves 7,445. 

Caniphell, co. Ten. Pop. 4,244. 

blaves 116. Chief t. Jacksonboro'. 

Campbell, co. K. Pop. 7,022. 

"^^laves 897. Chief t. Newport. 

Campbellsville, p-v. Green co. K. 

CamptoTij p-t. Grai'ton co. NIL 

50 m. N. Concord. Pop. 1,047. 

Canaan, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 
on the Kennebec, 10 ni. L. Nor- 
tfidsrewock. Pop. 1,470. 

Canaan, p-t. Grafton co. NH 
4i} mile3 NVV. Concord. Poj' 
1,198 ' 



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Connecticut river,G9 m.NE.INIoiiv • 
pelier. Pop. 277. 

Canaan, y-t. Litchfield co. Cl . 
on the Housatoimuc. lGm.NNV\. . 
Litchfield. Pop. 2,332. 

Canaan, p-t. Cokunbia co. N^ 
24 m. SE. Alb iiy. l^op. 2,07:>. 

Canaan, t. AVavnc co. la. I'oj). 
52B. 

Canaan, Ohio t. Athens co. 
Pop. 345. t. VVayne co. Ton. 
158. 

Canada creek. East, NY. runs 
into tlie Mohawk, 9 ni. -below 
l.ittle Falls. 

Canada creek, IVest, NY. the 
largest northern branch of tlic 
Mohawk, rises near the head 
waters of Black river, and dis- 
charges itself at the German flats, . 
6 ni. above Little Falls. 

Canada crtek, Oneida co. l^iY. 
the N. brancb of Wood creek. 

Canad away creek, NV. falls into 
lake Erie, 45 m. S. EiifTalo. 

Canadian, v. Ark. joins the 
Arkaniias 60 m. below Grand ri- 
ver. 

Canajoharie, p-t. Montgomery 
CO. NV. on the S. side of the Mo- 
hawk, at the entrance of Bow- 
man's creek.The NY. Central Asy- 
lum for the Deaf and Dumb, re- 
cently opened here, stands on tjie 
creek, 6 m. S. of the canal, and 
7'N. Cherry A'alley. The build- 
ing i:i of brick, and near it are two 
boarding houses for the male and 
Teiiiale jiupils. The price of 
board is .$<iO a year. Pop. 4,677. 
15 SW. Johnstown, 39 W. Alba- 

'0'- 

Canals. See MldJlcsex, JV. 
York, &.C. and Ai'PENDix. 

Canandaigua, p-t. and cap. On- 
tario CO. NY. on a lake of the 
same name, which is 14 miles 
long, and discharges itself into 



Cauaan, p-t. Essex Co- ^^t. on 'Seneca river. The village stands 



c; A .\ 

. Kiofly oil a single street uscend- 
iag westward from tliu lake for 
ubout a mile. It is built with uA- 
<:ommoii elegance, some of the 
lioitses would embellish the old- 
est and wealthiest settlements in 
our country. The public build- 
ings arc 3 churches, 1 each for 
('oi)gregationalists, Episcopalians, 
und Methodists, a.i academy, a 
court-house, jail, siate arsenal, 
and 2 banks ; 2 or 3 weekly pa- 
pers are published here. Fop. in 
1325, of the village, 1,807 ; whole 
town 4J0H. 12 m. S. of Eric C^a- 
ual. Id W. (ieueva, 28 E. Roch- 
ester, 111 W. Utica, 208 W. Al- 
bany. 

Canaseraga, the name of 2 
ereeks, iN V. one joins the Chitten- 
ingo ; the other, Ccuescc river, 
'J in. N. Geneseo, 

Candia, p-t. Rockingham co. N 

II. IH m. SE. Conco.'d. Too. 
1,283. 

Candor, p-t. Tioga co. NY. 8 

III. N. Owego. Po}). l,tJo5 
C'aneadea, t. AUeghaiJy co. NV. 

(J SW. Angelica. Pop. <J96. 

Caneslota, p-v. Madison co.NV 
on the canal, 14 m. N. Morris- 
Mile. 

Canesus, lake, NY. unites will 
Oenesfc river in Avon. 

Ciifijieid, p-t. Truinball oo. O. 
11m. S. Warren. Pop. 787. 



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tablishcd in 1802. It has a pre 



dent, 2 professors, a library ni' 
about 1,000 volumes, a philosoph- 
ical apparatus, and about 90 stu- 
dents. I'he course of studios is 
completed in 3 years. The col- 
lege edilice is spacious, and 3 
stories high. 

Canterbury, p-t. Merrimack co. 
NH. on the Merrimack, 8 m. 
ibove Concord. Pop. 1,G9G. A 
village of the Shakers stands on 
a fine hill in the SE. part of the 
town commandiiig an extensive 
)rospect. It consists of 9 dwell- 
iig houses and a church, and con- 
tains a population of between 200 
and 300 distributed in tliree fami- 
lies. They own about 1500 acres 
of land and have several milLsand 
other machinery. They have 
ioiig supplied this part of the 
state with garden seeds, of which 
they take pains to propagate tin; 
best kinds. 

Canlerhury, p-t. Windham ce. 
Ct. on the Quinebaug, 12 ru. N. 
Norwich. Pop. 1,984. 

i'aiiterbury, p-t. Kent co. Del. 

Canton, p-t. Norfolk co. Mats. 
on Neponset river. Here is .'in 
e.xtensive woollen factorv. 14 in. 
.SW. Boston. Pop. 1,208. 

Canton, p-t. Martford co. C\. 
15 m. NW. Hartford. Pop. 1,322. 

Canton, p-t. St. Lawrence cd. 



Canisteo, t. Steuben co. NY.} NY. 18 m. E. Ogdensburg. Po 



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the (.'anisteo, a navigabl 
stream which joins Tioga river at 
)'ainted Post. Pop. 891. 14 m. 
S. Warren. 

Cannouche, r. Ceo. joins the 
Ogechee, 20 m. fr. its mouth. 

Canonirut, isl. in Nanaganset 
bay, Rl. 7 nules long. 

Canonslmrg, p-t. Washington 
CO. Pa. 18 m. SVV. Pittsburg. 
Pop. of the borough 440. Jeffer-, 
sou college at this i)lacc wa^ es-( 



t. Bradford co. 
Washington co. 



1,337. 

Canton, Pa. 
Pop. 569. t. 
Pop. ],27»D. 

Canton, p-t. and cap. Starke co. 
O. 58 NW. Steubenville, 140 N. 
Columbus. Pop. 1,398. It con- 
tains a court-honse, jail, 2churcJi- 
es, a printing-olfice and a bu.nk. 

Canton, t. Belmont co. O. on 
the Ohio, o[iposite Wheeling. 

Cany creek, Al. joiii-s the Ten- 



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•ncs!"soc (>Oholo\v the iVIuscloslioals. 

C(in>/ forky Ten. ioiiis the (/Uni- 
herlaiill,' T.O K. Nashville. 

Cape Cody peninsula, on tlie S. 
sidn of" Massachusetts li.iy. Its 
shape is thatofa mans's ami bent 
inwards both at tlie wrist ami the 
elbow. It is about 65 miles lonjr, 
and from 1 to 20 wide. A great 
j)art of this peninsula is sandy and 
i)arro)i,and in many places wholly 
•lestitute of vegetation ; yet it is 
j/opulous. The inhabitants obtain 
their support almost entirely from 
tlie ocean ; the men bein-r con- 
stantly employed at st^v ; and the 
boys, at a very early age, are ]nit 
on board the rishinjT boats, in 
consequence of the violent east 
winds, it is supposed that the 
land is gradually wearing awav. 
T,on. of the cape, 70° 14' VV. Lat. 
41° 4' IV. 

Cape Elizabeth^ t. Cumberland 
CO. Me. 6 m. SVV. Portland. Pop. 
i,fi88. Lon. 70^ 11' VV. Lat. 43^ 
'XV N. 

Cupe Fear, the S. point of 
Smith's island, NC. Lat. 33'^ 32' 
N. Lou. 78 o 2:/ W. 

Cape Fear, r.NC. Its NW.brancl: 
is formed by the union of Haw 
and Deep rivers; thence tlowin<j 
south UK) miles, it receives the 
NK. branrli, or Clarendon river, 
above Wilmington, and 34 miles 
below, enters the ocean between 
('ape Kear island and Sn\ithville. 
This river allbnls the best navi<ra- 
tion of any of tlu; rivers in tlie 
state. Since the erection of on)- 
bankments, the force of the cur- 
rent is deepening the channel, and 
it is now navigable for steamboats 
to ^^lyetteville, 00 iMiles, at the 
lowest summer water. 

Cit:>c Ciifar(hai', co. Mo. Pop. 

■',;!»;!:. si.,v»s 8r.:., chief t. 



;i C^ A li 

Cape Girarilenu, p-t. Cape (ii' 
rardean co. Mo. on the l\[ississippi, 
12 m. VV. Jackson. 

Cape Jl/iiy, CO. NJ. Pop. 

4,2i;.-,. 

Cape VInceiif, p-v. JeiTerson en. 
IVY. at the foot of Lake Ontario, 
21 m. from Brownsville, 8 from 
Kingston, 

Captina cr-eek, Ohio, runs into 
tlie Ohio, 23 m. below Wheel- 
ing. 

Carey, Mich. Ter. a flourishing 
station of the Board of missions, 
among the Pottawoltomy Indians, 
on the St. .Joseph, 2;') m. fr. Lake 
Michigan; the number of native 
children in the school is G6 ; tho 
property valued at ,^10,'23r). 

Carlcton, isl. and p-v. Jefterson 
CO. NV. in the St. Lawrence; it 
has a gootl harbor, and is a place 
of trade. 10 m. SE. Kingston, 39 
IV.-Sackot's harbor. 

Carlisle, t. Middlesex co. Ms. 20 
;n. NW. Boston. Pop. (581. 

Carlisle, p-t. Schoharie co. NY. 
40 ui. W. Albany. Pop. l,.-)83. 

Carlisle, bor. and p-t. Ciimb'r- 
land CO. Pa. 1*> tn. W. Harrisburij, 
113 VV. Philadelphia. Pop. 2,908. 
Lon. 77^ 10" VV. Lat. 40=" 12' N. 

Dickinson college was found- 
<h1 in this town in the year 1783. 
Th • faenltv consists of a president 
and several professors. The col- 
lege edifice contains rooms lor ."'<> 
students, chapel, halls for lectnres, 
etc. The library has several ihtni- 
sand vols ; there is a philosophical 
apparatus, and cabinet of miner- 
als. The mimiier of students isi 
upwards of ;")0. ITerc is also a 
theological seminary,, of the Ger- 
man Reformed (Church. 

Carlisle, p-t. cap. Nicholas co. 
Ky. 

Carli/l:\ p-t. VV'ashiugton co. Til. 
on tlic VV. bank of thclvaskaskia. 



(J A K 
AvhiiJi, at sioiiu; seasons, is navig 
bio for boats to tbis nlaco ; .io in. 
,S. Vundalia, <J0 K. St. Louis. It 
was laid out in l}>IH,ati(l now coi 
taina 100 bouses, several mill 
and a lloMrisbini' atadeiuy. 

Car/nel, n-t. Penobscot v,o. Me. 
15 m. VV. lianyor. I'o|». ir>;j. 

Carrnel, p-t. and eap. Putnam 
CO. NV. containing 3 cliurcbes, a 
eonrt-bouse, jail, and county 
clerk's office. 2fi m. .SPJ. Pougii- 
keepsio. I'op. 2,247. 

Curmel, p-v. and station of tbe 
American iJoard of Missio/is 
among tbe Cbcrokees ; on tbe F( 
deral road, 62 rn. SE. lirain- 
crd. 

Carmd^ p-t. and cap. White co. 
Jll. on the Little Wabash, 20 m. 
above its moutli. 

C'nrnesvUtc, p-t. and cap. Frank- 
lin CO, (jl-i. 110 m. i'r. Augusta. 

Carolina, (JVurt/i^) one of tbf, 
U. S. bounded N. by Virginia ; E. 
by the Atlantic ; S. by 8. C^arolina 
and Georgia, an<l W. by Tennes- 
see. It extends from Jat. .i".P W 
to 30° 30' N. and from Ion. T.-'P^V 
to 84° W. A rea 48,000 sq. mibjs. 
i'op. 638,829, of whom 20.5,017 
are slaves. Seat of government, 
ilaleigb. 

The gold mines of N. ('arolina 
liave recently become an ol»ject of 
inqairy. According to Professor 
Olmsted, the country iti which 
llie gold has hitherto been found, 
lies on Yadkin or Pedee river, 
and its branches, between lat. 
'.i'fi—3(P N. and long. 80°— 8|o 
W. ; comprising parts of Mont- 
gomery, Anson, Meeklenburgh, 
t'abarras, J^owan, and Ua;idol[)h 
eounties, and covering an are-a of 
J, 000 square miles. In almost 
any part of this region, gold may 
1)e found iji greater or less abun- 
' ' . \j\ or near tiro mirface. 



'i'bere are 3 prim;ipal mines: An- 
son, in Anson co., Ilcicd's, in (Ja- 
barras, and Parker's, 4 m. S. of 
the Vadkifi. The largi-st piece of 
gold found, weighed, in its crude 
stat(;, 28 lbs. avoirdnjiois. 'J'he 
value of gold received from the 
mines at the V. S. mint, previous 
to 1820, was $43,689; but the 
grciater part of the g(;ld goes else- 
where, and the amount which the 
mines have yifdded is not known. 

Carulinu, {South,) one of tbe U. 
S. bounded N. and Nil. by North 
(Carolina; SE. by the AtlaJitic; 
and SW. by Cieorgi;-., from which 
it is s(!parat<!d by .Savannah river. 
It ext(!nds from lat. 32"^ to 3.5'^ 8' 
,\'. and from Ion. 78° 24' to V.P 3(>' 
W. A rea 24,000 H«|. miles. Poj). 
whites 243,244, slaves 251,783; 
free blacks 6,714; total .502,741. 
Scat of governmf;nt, (Columbia. 

Caroline, p-l. Tompkins co.iW. 
Pop. 1,608. 

Caroline, CO. Md. Pop. 10,108, 
Slaves 1,-574. (^hieft. Denton. 

Caroline, co. Va. I'op. 18,008. 
Slaves 10,999. Chief t. Bowling- 
green. 

Carondolet, or Kidcpochr, v. St. 
Louis CO. Mo. 5 m. .S. St. I^ouis. 
Po[<. 200, chieHy French and Spa- 
niards. 

CarroKon, p-t. cap. (jrrjoncco. 
III. 

Carrying river, O. runs into 
Lake Erie, 15 m. from Sandusky. 

Curler,' CO. Ten. Pop. 4,835. 
Slaves 34.5. Chief t. Elizabetbt'n. 

Carteret, co. N(J. Pop. 5.609. 
Slaves 1,329. Chief t. Beauiojt 

Cartersville, p-v. (y'umberloucl 

. Va. 48 m. fr. Richmond. 

Carthage, p-v. Jefferson <;o. NY. 
on Black river, at the bead of the 
liong fails. Here are extensive 
inni works. 16 m. E. Watertowu. 

Carthage.! v. IVTonn>c co. NV. al 



(■; A s . '.y V A T 

Ihi' lower falls ortlio Clonoscc, ijponso ; ajiid this mode of doiVuct, 

m. fr. I.ako Ontario. jin addition to stroiisj balttTitis, 

Vart/tnge, p-t. and rap. Snuth'would enable it to resist any force 

vn. Ten. on Cninborland river, 50 vvliich would probably be brought 



m. NK. Nashvill 

C(trt/ms;t\ t. Athctns co. O. 
Pop. ;il->.' 

Cm-ver, p-t. IMyuiouth co. Ms. 
8 m. E. I'lynioiith. Pop. »o9. 
Here is a pond containing iron 
ore of a superior quality. 

Casnda. Soc Cumlaga. 

Casco hay, Mv.. sets up between 
Cape Elizabi'th on the wS\V. at\d 
C-ape Small Point distant 40 
miles, and utlbrds tine anchorage 
I'or vessels. 

C'j.v. /««»•(«, small lake, Chatauque 
CO. NV. connected by a river of 
the same name, 40 miles long, 
with the Conewango. 

Casei/y CO. Ken. Top. 4,;M9. 
Slaves "4r.H. Chief t. Elizabeth. 

tVi.v/i riocr, HI. runs iuto the O- 
]iio 55 m. fr. the Mississippi. 

Cnssinn, or ficd Cedar Ttakcy 
one oi" the sources of the Missis- 
sippi, about l> niiU'S long and (> 
broad, discharges itself into Lake 
Wiunipec. 

Cnsiite, n-t. Geikisco co. NY. 
i)0 m. SE. Batavia. 

Caatine, sea-j)ort, p-t. and^cap. 
Hancock co. Me. 122 m. ENE. 
I'ortlajui. Lon. (58° 4«' VV. Lat. 
44^ 24' IV. Pop. 975. It is situ- 
ated on a promontory, nearly al 
the head of tlu^ east side of Pe- 
nobscot bay. The harbor is ex- 
cellent for any number of ships 
of the largest si/.e, has bold wa- 
ter, and is accessible at all sea- 
sons of the year. Castinc has 
great strength froni its natural sit- 
uation. From the narrowness of 
the isthmus which connects it 
with the main, it could be insu- 
liiUrtl without much labor or ex- 



inst it. An eneniy in posses- 
sion of Castine has command ot* 
all the intennediate country from 
the l*oiiobscot to the St. Croix. 

C\f!tleio)i, p-t. Rutland co. Vt. 
The village stands principally on 
a single street, and contains a 
(Congregational church, county 
acudemy, autl medical academy. 
The Vermont Acadeniy of Medi- 
cine was opei\ed in 1!)I8 by Drs. 
Gridley and Woodward, and in-, 
corporated tlie same year. In 
lint), the corooration united with 
that of Middlebury (College, and 
dt>grees are conferr(Hl either nt 
Middlebury or (Castletoii. There 
are two buildings, one of which is 
50 fei^t by 30, 2 stories high, witli 
a dissecting room, and rooms for 
lectures, the library, chemical la- 
J)oratory,and anatomical museum. 
Eive courses of lectures are deli- 
vered annually, commencing ou 
the first Tuesday in Sept. Tht; 
lumiber of students in 1823 was 
12t). Pop. 1,541. 10 m. W. Rut- 
land. 

Casilcfov, V. Richmond co. NY. 
on the E. side of Staten island. 
It contains the villag(> of Tomp- 
kinsville, which stands near tho 
shore, and is tlu^ site ot'tlir (^uar- 
antine and Health (istablishments 
of New- York city ; the marino 
hospital has accommodations for 
2 or 300 sick. Pop. 1,527. 9 m. 
Irom N«nv-York. 

0«yHv//, CO. NC. . Pop. 13,253. 
Slaves, 5,417. Chief t. Lee$« 
burgh. 

Calahnw river. See Catmnba. 

Caiaco, co. Ala. Pop. 5,2GJ. 
Slaves B58. 



i^^f 



( \ i .1 

i:o((ih<,vl(,^VA). \:.\. \'i,\\. 2,21{7.J 

Slaves 7.-. I. 

Calaliovia^-x. l>!i. joiiiH ),lin Wn- 

cliitii on tho W, <)j)|)OKitn the 

riionlh of tlio Toiisaw. 

(Uiiarav/rys, r;o. NY. Sq. in. 

1,292. Pop. 4,090. Chief t.Elli- 

eoltville. 

Catarav^vft rcacrvcUion^ NV. a 

tract of land belonging to llio Scmi- 

eca Indiai:;;. It lies on both mAoM 

of Cataraiigus crniik, a nipid 

Ktroam (ailing into Lako Kri(! at 

Hanover; and Ih IZ miles in 

iengtJi by ♦> in breadth. Tiie 

riurhbf^r of Indians i:i about 700, 

aniont^ wiioni is a nlation of" the 

l/nite<l I'oreign Mission Society. 

:i7 m. fr. JJulfalo. 

Culmocfisc, p-t.Colnmbiaco. fa, 

on the Susquehannah, 20 m. NE, 

Snnbnry. Hop. 2,520. 

Catawba^ r. ri«';rt in NC and 
flowing into S. (Carolina, in roblxid 

ol" itH nain(! by an iiieonsidtirable 

river called VVatciree, which joini 
it ;iO m. above (Jarnden. 

Cat/uirinc, [)-t. Tioga no. NY 
ir, m. N. Klrnira. I^op. 2,478. 

' Catlin, j)-t. 'I'ioga no, NV. 18 
m. NW. Elmira. 

C'ato, p-t. (/ayuga co. NY. on 
Snneea river, 18 m. N. Auburn. 
Pop. 1,017. 

Calski/l, p-t. :ind cap. Greene 
ro. NY. on the Hudson, at the en- 
trance of a creek of the Haine 
name, the mouth of which aflbrdH 
an excellent harbour for sloops. 
A wharf extendw I'roin the sliorc 
aboiit (tne third of a mile to ;i 
small island in the Hudson, which 
can be a[)proached by vessels of 
any burd(!n. Thf; village is built 
principally on a Kiligle strctet, par- 
j'.llel with the creek, in a direction 
from SK. to NW. and is shut out 
of view from the Hudson by a 
liigh Jiill. It contains a court- 10 m. SW. Windsor. Pop. 1,551. 



i \ \ 

hoiiKc, iail^;)nMtiMg-olliee,2bank.'-', 
an acad(!my, '.i churches, viz. one 
<!ach for E[)isco[)ali:ins, Prrsbyte- 
nans, and Baptists. Catskil'l i^; 
tho centre of trade; for an exten- 
sive and flourishing country to tho 
west, with which it is connected 
by good roads. Pop. of village 
l.'^OO; whole town 3510. 5 m, S. 
Hudson, 30 S. Albany. 

CafskillMovnifiins, the highest 
ii! NV. rise in (ireeii county, and 
extending N. |)arall(!l with Hud- 
son river for al)out 10 miles, bend 
in the form of a f;resc(Mit to the 
NW. towards the Mohawk. 
Round toj), the highest peak ar:- 
cording to the measur(!ment of 
Capt. i'artridgi!, is 3804 feet above 
tide v/ater, and High P(!ak, the 
next highest, 3718 feet. The Fine 
Orchard, is a level spot of about 
7acres,directly on the brow of the 
mountains at "the height of 3000 
feet, cf)mmanding an extensive 
vi(iw of th(! Hudson river country. 
Here the (Jatskill-mountains As- 
KO'uation have <rect(;d a large and, 
Cf»nveni(!nt hotel, 00 fef;t by 24, 
with a v.ifig frontin/.r N. 30 feet by 
20_ 'J'wo miles to tlie W, are the 
High falls of the KaaterekiU. 
This stream is suijj)lied by two 
small lakes, ajid is a tributary of 
the (J.itskill. At tlie falls tlie 
stream passes ov<ir a perpendicu- 
lar precipice of 170 feet, and 
a few yards below, over another 
of 70 feet, into a deej) and wild ra- 
vine, v/hicli is border<;d by moiiTi- 
tains rising abruptly 1000 or 1500 
feet. Pine orch'ird is 13 m. from 
(/'atfikill on a good turnpike road. 

Ciivc in lioc.k, lilinoiK, a larg«; 
cave (jti the Oliio, 30 m. Ixdow the 
Wabash, affording a good shelter 
for boatmen. 

Cavendish, p-t. Windsotco. Vt. 



M.v/t, p-t. 
V. Wind 



C E 1) 5 

Cfaughinwaga, p-v. Montgom- 
rry co. NY. on the Mohawk, 39 1». 
^V^ Alb.iny. 

Cnyiiga, co. NY. sq. m. 545. 
Pop. 38,897. Chief t. Auburn. 

Cayuga, or East Cayuga, p-v. 
C'ayuga co. NY. on the E. side of 
('ayuga lake, which is here cress- 
et! by a briiljje 360 rods lon^. A 
steam bo;!t plies on the lake to 
Ithaca. 8 m. W, Auburn. 

Cayvga Lake, NY. 40 milts 
long, and from 1 to 4 broad. Its 
outlet is Seneca river. 

Cayuta, t. Tioga co. NY. on 
Cavuta creek, a brancli of Tioga 
river, 20 m. NW. Owego. 

Citsrnovia, p-t. Madison co. NY. 
The village stands at the S. end of 
i/inklaeii lake, a beautiful sheet 
of water 4 1-2 miles in length ; 
and is eligibly situated for a man 
ufacturing place. It contains 3 
churches, one each for Presbyte 
riaus, Methodists, and Baptists 
a bank, 2 print ing-ofhces, and nu- 
merous mills. Pop. 1000 ; of 
town, 3909. 11 m. NW. Morris- 
viUe, n3VV. Albany. 

Cecil, i. Washingtou co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,154. 

Cecil, CO. Md. Pop. 16,048 
Slaves 2,343. Chief t.Elkton. 

Cedar creek, hundred, Sussex 
CO. Del. Pop. 2,280. 

Cedar creek, Kockbridgc co. Ya. 
a tributary of James river is re 
markable for its JVatural Bridge 
The bridge is a huge rock extend- 
ing across a deep fissure, at th 
height of nearly 200 feet from 
the surface of the creek. The 
bridge is covered with earth and 
trees, is 90 feet long, 60 wide, and 
40 feet thick. 12 m. S. Lexing 
ton. 

Cedar creek, Mo. falls into the 
Missouri, 12 m. above Osage 1*1 
ver. 



C II A 

Cedar point, cape, Md. at the 
mouth of the Patuxent. 

Cedar point, t. Charles co. Md. 
on the Potomac, 12 m. SSE. Port- 
Tobacco. 

Centre, co. Pa. Pop. 13,79.6. 
Chief t. Bellefonte. 

Centre, W. t. Butler co. Pop. • 
972. t. Greene co. Pop. 795. 

Union co. Pop. 2,094. t. In- 
diana CO. Pop. 937. 

Centre, Ohio, t. Columbiana cO. 
Pop. 1,437. t. Monroe co. 
Pop. 1292. t. Morgan co. Pop. 277. 

Centre harbour, p-t. Strafford 
CO. NH. on Lake Winnipiseogee, 
30 m. N. Concord. Pop. 486. 

Centreville, p-t. Alleghany co. 
NY. Pop. 421. 16m.NW. An- 
gelica. 

Centreville, p-v. Crawford Co. 
Pa. on Oil creek. 

Centreville, p-t. cap. Queoi 
Ann CO. Md. 12 m. S. thestert'n. 

Centreville, p-v. Fairfax co. \;\. 

Centreville, t. Livingston co. K. 
Here is an ncadc'my. 

Centreville, p-t. Montgomery 
CO. Ohio, 9 m. SE. Dayton. 

Centreville, p-t. and cap. Wayne 
CO. Indiana. 

Ceres, p-t. McKcan co. Pa. Pop. 
425. 

Cesarea creek. See Cohanzy. 

Chagrinc, p-t. Cuyahoga co. 
Ohio, on lake Erie. Pop. 733. 

Chamhershurg, p-t. and cap. 
Franklin co. Pa. on Conocochea- 
gue creek ; 46 m. 8W. Harrisburg, 
143 W^ Philadelphia, 76 NW. 
Baltimore. Lon. 77^32' W. Lat. 
39057'N. Pop. in 18J8, 2,304. 
It contains a court-house, jail, 
bank, academy, and 7 churches ; 
also several mills and manufac- 
turing establishments. 

Chambers creek. See A''ewhurgh. 
Champaign, co. O. Pop. 8479. 
Chief t. Urbanna. 



c ir A 

Champion, p-t. JefTorson co. 
iVY. an Black nvcr, at the head of 
the Long falls , 12 m. K. Water- 
town. Fop, 2,080. 

Champlain, p-t. and port of en- 
try, Clinton co. NY. on Lake 
Champlain. The village stands 
on Chazy river, 3 milef W. from 
Rouse's point on the lake. 22 N. 
Plattsburgh. Fop. 1618. 

Champlain Lake, lies between 
New York and Vermont. Its 
whole length from Whitehall, at 
its southern extremity, to its ter- 
mination at St. Johns, L. C. is 
128 miles ; from Whitehall, for 
40 miles to Crown Point, it is 
very narrow averaging only half a 
mile in width, but beyond tJiis 

goint it expands rapidly and at 
outh Hero island is 16 miles 
wide. Its surface covers about 
(iOO square miles. The principal 
streams which flow into it from 
the east are the Missisque, La- 
moil, Onion, and Otter crf;ek ; 
those from the west are the Clia- 
7,y, Saranac, Sable, the waters ofi 
Lake George, and Wood Creek. 
The whole extent of country 
drained by the.se waters, is be- 
tween 6 and 7,000 sq. miles. 
There are several large islands 
in the northern part of the lake, 
the principal of which are North 
and South Hero, and Isle La- 
mottc. The outlet of the lake 
is the river Sorrel, v/hich runs N. 
into the St. Lawrence. About 
800 tons of shipping are employed 
on the lake, owned principally at 



i C II A ^ifc 

' CJumdelcar Islands, in t]ic gulf 
of Mexico. Lon. 88^48' W. Lat. 
29^ .^0' N. 

Chandlersvillr., t. Somerset cr). 
Mp. Pop. 155. 

Chapel Hill, p-t. Orange co. NC. 
on New-Hope creek which runs 
into the Haw, a branch of Cape 
F'ear river, 27 in. W. Raleigh. 
The situation is very healthy, in a 
high broken country. The town 
contains about 30 dwelling-houses. 

C;hapel Hill is the seat of the 
University of N. ('arolina, wliicli 
was incorporated in 1788, and has 
been liberally patronized by the 
State. The college buildings 
consist of a chapel, and 2 .spacious 
edifices for the accommodation of 
studf^ts, all ofbrick,anda dwell- 
ing-house for the President. The 
officers of the college were in 
1822 a president, 4 professors, viz. 
one of mathematics, one of chc- 
miiftry, one of languages, one of 
rhetoric ; and 2 tutors. Number 
of students 1G5. 

Chaplin, t. Windham co. Ct. 

Chapman, t. Lycoming co. Pa. 
Pop. 355. 

Chaptico, p-t. St. Mary'.s co, 
Md. 53 m. fr. Washington. 

Chardon, p-t. cap. Geauga co. 
O. 160 NE. Columbus. Pop. 430. 

Chareite, t. Montgom'y co. Mo. 
on the Missouri, 40 m. fr. St. 
Charles. 

Chariton, co. Mo. Pop. 1,426. 

Chariton,])-i. and cap. Chariton 
CO. Mo. on the N. bank of the 
Missouri at the junction of two 



Burlington, and in the summer navigable streams. Grand and Lit- 
seaeon 2 steamboats ply from tic Chariton, with a good har- 
Whitehall to St. Johns. bor for boats at all seasons. It 

Champluin Canal. See JVew; contains about 100 houses, several 
York State. lof which are of brick, a saw mil), 

Chanceford, p-t. York co. Pa. grist mill, and distillery. 24 m. 
Kusquehannah. Pop. \W. Franklin, VjO .NW. St. 



on the 
l,2>J8:or Lov. 



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<; H A r 

Chnrlcmoni, p-t. Franklin co. 
Ms. 14 m. W. Greeiitiokl, 107 



AVNW. Boston. V 



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mi. 



Charles, co. Md. Pop. 16,500. 
Slaves 9,419. Chief t. Port To- 
bacco. 

Charles, Cape, Va. the N. cape 
at the entrance of Chesapeake 
bay. Lon. 750 58' W. Lat. 370 15'N. 

Charles city, co. A'a. Pt)p. 
5,255. Slaves 2,967. 

Charles riocr, Ms. joins Mystic 
river in Boston harbor. 

Charleston, p-t. Montgomery co. 
NY. on the Mohav^-k,'lO m. S. 
Johnstown. Pop. 5,365. 

Charleston district, SC. Pop. 
in 1810, 38,648. Slaves 11,671. 

Charleston, city and seaport 
Charleston district, SC. is bnilt 
on thetoiigue of land between the 
rivers Ashley and (hooper, which 
unite immediately in front of the 
city, and form a spacions and 
convenient harbor commnnicatin.j 
with the ocean at Snllivan's isl 
and, 7 miles below. The harbor 
has a bar at its month, througl 
which are tAVO channels for sea 
vessels ; the deepest has 10 feet 
of water at low tide. The harbor 
is defended by fort Moultrie on 
Sullivan's island, and forts Pinck- 
ney and Johnson. 

The city is regularly laid out 
parallel streets, from 35 to 70 feet 
in width, running from river to 
river, and intersected by others at 
right angles. Tlie new houses 
are of brick, and are many ot 
them elegant. Among the pub- 
lic buildings arc the excliange 
cit} hall, theatre, circus, court- 
house, jail, guard-house, 2 ursi 
nals, and 2 markets ; the custom- 
house, 3 insurance offices, and 6 
banks : and 19 churches, viz. 4 
Episcopal, 3 Presbyterian, 3 Me- 
thodist, 2 Roman Catholic, 2 Con- 



4 C H A 

gregational, 1 German Lutheran, 
1 Bai)tist, 1 Friends', a Jews' sy- 

igogue, and a Mariners' church. 

-The Orplian Asylum is superi- 
or to any similar establishment on 
the continent, and supports at 
present 188 children ; it is pro- 
vided with a large and handsome 
edifice, attached to \vliicli,is a cha- 
pel wlirre all the Christian cler- 
gy of the city perform divine ser- 
vice in rotation. The other cha- 
ritable institutions are the alms- 
louse, marine hospital, two soci- 
eties for the relief of widows and 
children of clergymen, each of 
which has large funds ; the S. 
Carolina Society, the Fellowship, 
(Jermaii Friendly, St. Andiews, . 
Hibernian, Frencli, and Mechan- 
ics' Societies, all oi' which are 
well supported, au(' are «iesigned 
primarily to aid indigent members 
and their families ; besides these, 
there are numerous smaller asso- 
ciations for benevolent piu})oses. 
— The Medical ('olUge of South 
Carolina was establishetl in 1824 ; 
the city corporation granted 
^15,000 towards tlic erection of a 
building ; five courses of lectures 
are delivered which commence 
the 2d Monday in January and 
continue 5 months ; the present 
number of students is 51. — 
The Charleston College has 
been recently revived, a gram- 
mar school and F.nglish sbhool 
are connected with it; tlu ofli- 
eers are a principal, 2 professors, 
a tutor, and 3 assistant teachers ; 
no. of scholars in the college 30. 
grammar school 100, EnglisT sch. 
60. — The Ciiarleston ' Librar So- 
ciety has a w( 11 chosen library 
of about 13,000 volumes, ahd 
funds for its regular increase ; 
Franklin Library and the Appren- 
tices' Library are respectable in- 



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stitutions. The Literary and 
Philosophical Scjciety has an in- 
teresting collection of objects in 
Natural History. The .\cademy 
of Fine Arts was incorporated in 
1821 and possesses some valuable 
paintings. There are 4 free 



schools under the patronage often; two others across Mystic ri 



the State, besides many we 
ducted private schools. 

The commerce of Charleston 
is extensive and flourishing. It 
imports the foreign goods con- 
suined in S. Carolina, a consider- 
able part of N. Carolina, and a 
part of Georgia. It is connected, 
by a canal 22 miles long, with 
Santet! river. In 1S16 it was the 
Hfth town in the U. States in 
amount of shipping, the number 
of tons being 36,473. — The city is 
regarded as more healthy than 
any part of the low country in 
the Southern States, and du-ing 
the sickly months is the resort of 
the rich planters from the coun- 
try and the West Indies. The ci- 
tizens of Charleston have ever 
been distinguished for polished 
manners and unaffected hospital- 
ity. 

Pop. in 179(), 16,3.59; in IP.OO, 
18,712 ; in 1810, 24,711 ; in 1820, 
24,780 ; in 1824, 27,817, of whom 
13,8.52 were slaves. 113 m. NE. 
Savannah, 113 SSE. Columbia, 
165 ESE. Augusta, .544 SSW. 
Washington. Lon. 79° .54' W. 
Lat 32° 47' N. 

Cfuirleston, p-t. cap. Clarke co. 
In. 3.5 m. fr. Madison. Pop. 1.500. 

CJt/irleston^ p-t. Cheshire co. 
NH. on Connecticut river, 18 m. 
S. Windsor, 51 W. Concord. 
Pop. 1,702. The courts of the 
county are held alternately here 
and at Keene. 

Cfiarkslovm, p-t. Middlesex (5o. 
Mass. 1 m. N. of Boston. Pop. 



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6,591. The principal part of tiic 
town is beautifully situated on a 
[)eninsula formed by Mystic and 
Charles rivers, which unite ini- 
iiKjdiatcly below, in Bo.ston har- 
bor. A bridge across C Charles ri- 
ver connects the town with Bos- 



ver, connect it with Maiden ai.'d 
with Chelsea ; and another across 
a bay of Charles river, on the 
west side of the town, connects 
it with Cambridge. The j)ublic. 
buildings are the state prison, the 
Massachusetts insane hospital, an 
alms-house, town-house, and 5 
churches : 2 for Congregational- 
ists, 1 for liaptists, 1 for Univer- 
salists, and 1 for Metliodists. A 
navy-yard of the li. S. occupies 
the SE. part of the town. It con- 
sists of about 60 acres of land, on 
which are erected a marine hosjii- 
tal, a spafcious warehouse, an arse- 
nal, powder-magazine,anda house 
for the accommodiition of the su- 
perintendent, all of brick ; and 2 
immense wooden edifices, under 
which the largest vessels of war 
are built. The celebrated battle 
of "Breed's HiU,'''' commonly, 
but incorrectly called " Bunker 



Hill battle," 



fought in this 



town, June 17, i775. The corner 
stone of the monument to be 
erected on this spot, was laid 
June 17, 1825. 

Ckarleslovm^ t. Washington co. 
RI. on the sea coast, 19 m. SW, 
Newport. Pop. 1,160. Here are 
the remains of the once famous 
Narraganset tribe of Indians. 
They are reduced to about 400 
souls, who have a Baptist church 
and a school. 

Charhstown, p-t. Chester co. 
F^a. on the .Schuylkill, 7 m. above 
Norristown. Pop. 2,060. 

aiiarlesiown, p-t. cap. Jeffersoa 



c 11 A :.o 

<'o. Va. 20 !u. NE. Winchester, GJ 
i'r. VVasliins^ton. 

Chmlvstown,t. Konhawiv co. \'u 

Charlestown. Seo H'i:llxhur!>\ 

C/iarlestown,\. MasDii co. K. on 
tlieOluo, G m. N. Washington 

Charleiitowfi, p-t. Portage co. O. 
'1 in. W. Ravenna. Vo\>. 24H, 

CharhttCy p-t. Chittenden , co. 
\t. on Lake Clianiphiin, across 
\vhich is a ferry to Ussex ; 12 ni. 
S. Unrliiijvton. " Pop. l,r)28. 

Charlotte, or Port Gencst't, ]i-v. 
nul [tort *>f entry, p-v. Monroe co. 
N V. at the niouih ofthe (Jenesee. 
\ ahieoCexports in 11)22, .$:.Ol>,0(.»U. 
7 ni. N. Rochester. 

Charlotte, co. V'a. Pop. 13,200. 
Slaves n,124. Chicft. MarysviUe. 

Charloth\ p-t. cap. Mecklen- 
bursrh CO. NCI. 44 ni. S. Salishnry. 

Charlotte, p-t. and cap. Diciison 
CO. Ten. :J0 iii. \V. NaslivilUi. 

Charlotte hall, p-v. St. Mary'^ 
CO. Md. f).") ni. fr. Washinjiton. 

Charhttes^ville, p-t. and cap. Al 
hemarle co. Va. 1 ni. N. Kivanna 
viver,}{G WXW. Richmond, 40 8E 
by E. Staunton. 

Tile University of Virginia was 
e.~;tablirihed here in 1817. It ibruis 
j)art of a grand plan of education 
recently adopted in Mrginia. Tht 
f;ite of the university is an elevij.- 
1 ed plain, coninxandinir an exten- 
sive view of tlie surroundiu<;coun- 
Iry. The buildings are arranged 
in 4 parallel rows, from N. to S 
The space between the two inner 
vows is a beautiful lawn, i»(H) feet 
long and 200 wide, open to the S. 
and closed at the I\. end by the 
Rotunda. Thi> Rotunda is "built 
arter the model of the Pantheon 
at Rome ; it is 77 feet in diame- 
ter, crowned with a dome, and 
lias a portico in front, and a ter- 
i;ice leading from it on either 
*'jnd. totho inner rowsofbmld- 



ci a A 



ijigs. On the lower tlour of tiic; 
rctuiula, are rooms for religious 
worship, public examinations, «i:,c. 
The up()er floor is appropriated 
to tlie library. The four- parallel 
rows of buildings are composed 
as follows, viz. : the two inner 
rows consist of tlu^ pavilions for 
the professors, with dormitories 
for tl;e students, 5 pavilions with 
dormitories between them in each 
row; the two outer rows consijjt 
of the iiotels fur dieting, with 
other dormitories for the students, 
3 hotels, with dormitories be- 
tween tliem in each row. All 
the buildings in each row open in- 
to a colonaac, extending along its 
whole front. The pavilions, 
which are built to represent difler- 
ent ancient orders of architecture, 
are each two stories high, con- 
taining a lecture-room, and 4 a- 
artmuuts for the prolessors, with 
a garden in the rear. There arc 
10!) dormitories, all of one story, 
and each suthcient for 2 students. 
The hotels are some oJ' them of 2 
stories, and others of I story ; and 
each contains a refectory, and 
rooms forthe tenant. TotheNW, 
in rear of the other buildinga, 
stands the anatomical hall. The 
library consists of about (5,000 vo- 
lumes ; orders have been sent for 
books to the aim»uut of ^20,000, 
and for philosophical ap[)aratus 
to the anu)unt of 1500 to 1800/, 
There are 8 professors, viz. of 
ancient languages; of modern 
languages; of natural philoso- 
phy ; of mathematics ; of che- 
mistry and natural history ; 
of anatomy and medicine ; of 
ethics and political economy; 
and of law. The institution waa 
oucnedinFeb. 1825, and iu Dec. 
following, the nvunberofstiidcut;s 
was J2;?. 



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Chnrltoa^ p-t. Wc 

:8. ir. ni. sw. W( 



"orcc.stcr co 
Ms. ir. ni. S'W. WorcftHtcr, 6(» 
iiSW. l5f)Kton. Pop. 2,134. 

Charlton, VfU Saralof^.i co. NY. 
8 m. W. Hallston-Spa Pep. I,fl5;i 

Chnrlitrs, t. Wabliingtoii co 
J'a. l\)]). 1,330. 

Chnrikr^s creek, Pa. runs into 
the Ohio, 5 m. below I'ittsbiirg. 

C'hufahoochee, r. ri.scR in the N. 
partoCCia. ami JoImh Flint rivor 
at the S W. oxtrrtnity of the 8tate, 
to form the Apalachi'-ola. 

Chaiuhooapa, r. ]''(. runs into 
the (Jhatahooch.^(!. Lat. 3P 43' N. 

Chatav(jue lah;, NY. IP. mihis 
long, and 3 broad, (lis(;hii.r!.,'(!H its 
waters by a navig;il)lo stream in- 
to Ooncwaugo creek. 

Chntauque, co. NY. Pop. 
12,568. Chief t. Mayvilh% 

Chatauqvc, t. Chatauquc co. 
NY. Pop. 2,518. 

Chaiaugay, r. rises in jNV. and 
falls into the St. Lawrence in L. 
Canada. 

Cliatau^ayy ])-t. Franklin co. 
NY. 10 m. K. Malone. Pop. 828. 

Ckaikam, t. Coos co. NH. 
Pop. 298. 

Chatham,, p-t. Barnstable co. 
Ms. on the S. point of the elbow 
of Cape ('od» 20 m. E. Harnstable. 
Lon. ()93 .50' W. Lat. 41° 42' N. 
Pop. 1,030. Its harbour has 20 
feet water at low tide. 

Chatham, t. Mid«llfisex co. Ct. 
on (Connecticut river, opposite 
Middletown. Pop. 3,159. Ship 
building is carried on here exten- 
sively. Here are also the noted 
and very valuable quarries of 
free stone, called Connecticut 
stone, which is much used in 
building. 

Chatham., p-t. Cohimbia c*, 
NY- 18 m. N. E. Hudson. Pop. 
3,372. 

Chatham, n-t. Morris co. NJ 

r 



tlie V; 



C H V. 

ie, 13 m. NW. Lliza- 



bethtown. Pop. 1,882. 

Chatham, NC. Pop. 12,C61. 
Slaves 3,808. Chief t. I'ittsburg. 

Chatham, p-t. Chf-.stijrlield co. 
SC on (>rcat P(!dee river, which 
is now navigable to this place, 
101 m. from Columbia. 

Chatham, co. G. Pan. (e.\ciusivft 
of Savannali) 7,523. ShivoH 3,075. 

(^haumojit, ])-v. Jelf(!rson co. 
NY. at the head of Chauniont bay 
in lake Ontario. Upwards of 
.K)00 barrtds of white li.'^h and 
.siscocH are here an«iually packed 
md Hold. 10 m. fr. Brownville. 

Chazy, (pronoimeed Shar-zee) 
)-t. (Minton CO. NY. on lake 
Cham|)lain, 14 m. N. Plattsburgh. 
Pop. 2,313. 

Chazy r. NY. falls into lake 
('Itanipiaia at Point au Fi;r in the 
(own of Chanijdain. The fAille 
Chazy enters tne lake, 1 1-2 m. 
to the S. 

Cheat, r. Va. a branch of the 
Monongahela, navigable forboatn 
except in dry seasouff. The por- 
t;ige to the Potomac is 37 miles. 

Chebacco. See Ksscx. 

Chefuncti, r. Lri. falls into lake 
Ponchartrain, at, Madisonvillc. 

Chepoimrgon, bay, and point, 
NW. T<!r. ill Lake Superior. The 
bay aflbrdp the beat harbour next, 
to that of (J rand isle, on the shore 
of the Lake. 27 m. E. ]''ond du 
Lac. 

Chelmsford, p-t. Mitldlesex co. 
Ms. at tli<! junction of the Mid- 
dlesex canal with Merrimack r. 
It if) the scat of extensive manu- 
factures for which it has uncom- 
mon advantages, there being wa- 
ter in abundanec to be obtained 
from th«! Merrimack for any num- 
ber of works. ' The Merrimack 
Manufactory' is designed for the 
manufacturing and printing of 



( 11 h :. 

rojtou goods or calicoes, auti 
consists of several cotton mills 
bnllt of a uniform size, each con- 
taining 3313 spindles and capable 
of making daily 2500 yards oi 
cloth ; a capacious building for 
bleaching, another for printing 
calicoes, and a shop for construct- 
ing machinery. Among the other 
establishments are a Cotton and 
Woollen factory, employing 100 
})crsons and producing daily 400 
yards of satinet and 100 of ker- 
seymere, a large foundry, scythe 
manufactory, glass house and 
Powder manufactory. Here are 
also extensive quarries of fine 
granite much used in building 
The village is well built, and con- 
tains 2 handsome churches and a 
printing-olFice from which e 
M'-eekly newspaper is issued, 
Top. 1,535. 27 m. N. Boston. 

Chelsea, p-t. and cap. Orange 
CO. ^ t. 20 m. S£. Montpeiier 
Pop. 1,462. 

Chelsea, t. Suffolk co. Ms. 3 m. 
N.E. Boston. Pop. 642. 

Chelsea layidin^. See Norwich, 
Cheltenham, t. Montgomery co. 
Pa. Pop 956. 

Chemung, p-t. Tioga co. NY. 
on Tioga river, 9 m. E. Elmira. 
Pop. 1,327. 

Chenango, r. NY. rises in Ma- 
dison CO. and joins the Susque- 
hannah at Binghamton. 

Chenango, co. NY. sq. m. 780. 
Pop. 31,215. Cliieft. Norwich. 

Chenango, t. Broome co. NY. 
Pop. 2,626. 

Chenango forks, p-v. Broome 

CO. NY. at the junction of Ti- 

©ughnioga and Chenango rivers, 

11 m. fr. Binghamton. 

Chenang'' point. See Binghamton. 

Ckepachet- See Gloucester. 

Ckeraw, p-t. Darliagton co 

SC. on Pedce river, acrocs which 



3 c 11 i: 

is a bridge at this place. It is 
situated in a fertile and populous 
country, on a navigable river, and 
its commerce within a few years 
has rapidly increased. The prin^ 
sipal article of export is cotton. 
52 m. fr. Camden, 90 fr. George- 
town. 

Cherokee Agency, Ten. on the 
Hiwassee, 36 m. ENE. Brainerd, 
Cktrokees, an Indian nation, 
whose territory lies principally 
within the chartered limits of 
Georgia, but also extends into N. 
Carolina on tlie E. and into Ala- 
bama on the Vv'. and comprises 
that part of Ten. which lies S. of 
Hiwassee and Ten. rivers. The 
country is of an irregular form ; 
the greatest length from NE. to 
SW. is about 200 miles and the 
greatest breadth 130, and it con- 
tains about 10,000,000 acres. Tho 
Alleghany range of mountains 
penetrates this country and gives 
rise to numerous streams, some 
of v/hich flow N. into the Tennes- 
see and Hiwassee, and some form 
the head waters of rivers flowing 
mto the gulf of Mexico. The 
soil is fertile and the climate 
liealthy. The Indians have nu- 
merous flourishing villages and 
good roads, and live in substan- 
tial houses on well cultivated 
. Besides their agricultural 
pursuits, the most useful mecha- 
nical arts have been introduced 
among them and they carry on 
considerable trade v.ith the neigh- 
bouring states and with N. Or- 
leans. The population increases 
rapidlv ; in 1819 it was 10,000, in 
1825, 13,563, besides 220 married 
whites and 1277 slaves. Inter- 
marriages with the whites have 
been so long practised that a con- 
siderable part of the tribe are of 
mixed blood. 



C H K 

in 1817 the American Board of 
Foreign Missions established a 
mission among the Clierokees. 
The principal seat of the mission 
is at Brainerd, biit^^schools have 
been established at various other 
places. The Moravians also have 
respectable missions at Spring- 
place and Eukillogee, and the 
Baptists at Valley towns. With 
a view to the instruction of the 
Indians in the arts of civilization, 
the Government of the United 
States have extended their pat- 
Tonage to these missions ; the ex- 
pense of erecting a school-house 
und a dv/elling-house has been 
defrayed from the National trea 



■♦ c a i:: 

U. States, having assigned themi, 
lands on that river,*in exchange 
for a part of the Cherokee coun- 
trv- The number of emigrants 
in 1019 was 6,000. The Ameri- 
can 'Board have a mission among 
theni at Dwight. 

Cherryjield, t. Washington* co. 
Me. ^0 m. W. Machias. Fop. 181. 

Cheri-y Valley, p-t. Otsego co. 
NY. Pop. 3,6»4. The village i.s 
large and contains a church, aca- 
demy, Lancaster school, bank, 
and printing-cihce.' '. The ' soil of 
the village rests on a basis of 
marble, of a fine texture and sus- 
ceptible of a high polish, which 
within a few years has been quar- 
sury and |^1,000 a year is allowed ried and wrought. The three 



to the station at Brainerd. The 
i'herokees have appropriated; 
100,000 acres of land for a per- 
petual school fund which is 
placed under the «lirection of the' 
iVeaident of the United States, i 
The nation has no debt, and 
besides the revenue from imports, 
receives a perpetual annuity from^ 
ihe U. States in consideration of 
lands formerly ceded. The go- 
vernment is republican. The 
legislative power is vested in a 



sas river, the government of the and Charlestown 



Western turnpikes unite in^this 
place. 13 S. Palatine bridge on 
the Mohawk, 14 NE. Coopers- 
town, 53 W. Albany, 270 E. Buf- 
falo. 

Ci'iesapeake bay, a spacious bay 
of the U. S. Its entrance is IZ 
miles wide, between Cape Henry 
in lat. 37° and Cape Charles in lat. 
37° 12' N. It extends 200 miles 
iii a northerly direction, through 
the states of Virginia and Mary- 
land, dividing them into two 



committee and council called by parts, called the eastern and 
the natives Tsalagi Tuiilawigi ; 
the members of both branches 
are chosen biennially, by the peo- 
ple, and meet once a year ; the 
seat of government is at New- 
town. The country is divided 
into 8 districts to each of which 
a judge and a marshal are ap- 
])ointed, besides a circuit judge 
who presides over two dis- 
tricts. 

Cherokees of Arkansas. With- 
in a few years, a part of the Che- 
rokees have migrated to the 
country on the S. side of Arkan 



western shores. About 75 miles 
of ihe length of the bay is in Vir- 
ginia, and 125 in Maryland. Tiie 
breadth varies from 7 to 20 miles. 
It is generally as much as 9 fath- 
oms deep, and affords many com- 
modious harbours and a safe navi- 
gation. It receives the waters of 
the Susquehannah, Potomac, Kap- 
oahannock, York, and James ri- 
vers, besides numberless small 
streams, from both shores. 

Chesapeake, p-t. Cecil co. Md. 

Cheshire, co. NH. sq. m. 1,254. 

op. 45,370. Chief towns^ Keene 



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CHE 



Chfshire^ p-t. Berkshire co. 
Ms. 17 NE. Lenox. Pop. 1,202. 

Cheshire, p-t. Now-Havon co. 
( 't. 13 m. N. New-Haven. Pop. 
2,281. The Episcopal academy 
of Ooimecticut is established 
here. It has a fund of ,fl2r>,(K)0, a 
brick edifice, and small library. 
It is under the direction of a prin- 
cipKl and professor of languages, 
and has usually about 70 students. 

Cheshire, t. Gallia co. O. on the 
Ohio, 10 m. N. (iallipolis.Pop. 446. 

Chesnut hill, t. Northampton 
CO. Pa. Pop. 1,026. 

Chesnut ridge, mts. in Fayette 
and Westmoreland cos. Pa. 

Chester, p-t. Rockingham co. 
NH. on the Merrimack, 23 SE. 
Concord. Pop. 1,946. 

Chester, p-t. Windsor co. Vt. 
16 m. SW. Windsor. Pop. 2,493. 
Here is a flourishing academy. 

Chester, p-t. Hampden co. Ms. 
'20 m. NW. Springfield. Pop. 1526. 

Chester, p-v. in Saybrook, Ct. 

Chester, p-t Warren co. NY. 
21 m. NW. Caldv/ell. Pop. 1,013. 

Chester, p-t. Morris co. NJ. 
Pop. 1,212. 

Chester, t. Burlington co. NJ. 
Pop. 2,253. 

Chester, CO. Pa. Pop. 44,451. 
Oiieft. West-ChcRter. 

Chester, p-t. bm-. and cap. De- 
laware CO. Pa. pleasantly situated 
on the Delaware 13 m. NE. Wil- 
mington, 15 fr. Philadelphia. 
Pop. of bor. 657, town 63C. 

Chester, navigable r. Md. on the 
Eastern shore, falls into the 
Chesapeake at Love Point, 18 m. 
below Chestertown. 

Chester, t. Shenandoah co. Va. 
at the forks of the Shenandoah, 
16 m. S. by W. Winchester. 

Chester, t. Cumberland co. Va. 
on James river, 6 m. S. Kich- 
niond. 



Chester, district, SC. Pop. 
14,189. Slaves 4,542. 

Chester, p-t. and cap. Chester 
dist. SC. 58 NW. Columbia. 

Chester, Ohio, t. Wayne co. 
Pop. 551. t. Clinton co. Pop. 
1,171. t. Geauga co. Pop. 269. 
t. Knox CO. Pop. 697. p-t. and 
cap. Meigs co. p-t. Butler co. 

Chesterfield, p-t. Cheshire co. 
NH. on Connecticut river, oppo- 
ite Brattleboro'. Pop. 2,110. 
Here is a flourishing academy. 

Chesterjield, p-t. Hampshire co, 
Ms. 15 m. W. Northampton. Pop. 
1,447. 

Chesterfield, t. Essex co. NY. 
on lake Champlain, opposite Bur- 
lington. The Sable river hero 
passes over Adgate's falls, a per- 
Dendicular descent of 80 feet. 
Below the falls for a mile, the 
hanks of the river, on each side, 
a wall of rock 100 feet in 
height and approach so near as to 
have been once connected by a 
bridge ; the timbers which sup- 
ported this bridge were only 62 
feet long, reaching across the 
fearful chasm, at the height of 96 
feet from the surface of the 
stream. The bridge was much 
used by travellers before it went 
to decay ; only one of the timber.'? 
now remains. 22 m. NE. Eliza- 
bethtown. Pop. 667. 

Chesterfield, t. Burlington co. 
NJ. Pop. 2,087. 

Chesterfield, co. Va. Pop. 
18,(K)3. Slaves 9,513. 

Chesterfield, Co. SC. Pop, 
6,645. Slaves 2,062. 

Chesterfield, t. St. Louis co. 
Mo. on Bonhomme creek, 1 m. fr. 
its junction with the Missouri. 

CHiestertoivn, p-t. and cap. Kent 
CO. Md. is pleasantly situated on 
Chester river over which is a 
bridge ; 18 m. from its mouth, 3* 



c J.I, X ai 

^hE. Baltimor.!. Lon. 770 57 W. 
J.at. 39^ 12' N. It coiitairiH 140 
houscH, a court-hoijK(!, jftil, 
churchoH, and a H[)aci(>U8 edific 
dosigjicid originally for a coIl(;gc, 
but now aj>i)ro|)ri.itc«l to u Latin 
and KngliHli nohool. 

Chesterville. jj-t. Kennebec co. 
Me. 30 m. NW. Augunta. Pop. 
612. 

Chcsunconk, lake, Mc. 10 in. 
NE. MooHf-hcad lak«!. 

Chicago, river, or arm of'I>ak(! 
Michigan, near its S. «;n<l, in llli- 
iioifj. A mile from tlic lake it di- 
AidcH into two clianiielH : the N. 
channel extr,ndH along the weHt 
Bide; of the lake, about 30 rnilew 
the S. in only (J rtiileH long, and a/ 
i'ordn a Hecure harbour /or vesKolK 
of almost an^ burden, but haH a 
sand bar at its month with only 
two ihiii wat(;r. '/'he portage 
from Chicago river to tne Den 
Planes is 9 miles, and is bo low as 
often to be cove-red with water 
and passed in boats. Here is a 
garrison. See Fori Dear horn. 



<: II, I. 

country lies almost wholly within 
the «;hartered limits of Mississiji- 
pi, but also embraetiS a small hcc- 
tion of Alabama; bounded N. 
by 'J'etin»!ssee, E. by Franklin and 
Marion co. Al. S. by the. ('hoetaw 
nation, W. by thct MisHissippi ; 
ar<:a about 120 miles stpiar*'. Ac- 
cording to a c<!nsu« tak(;n in 1824, 
the number of the nation was 
41 15. The (yhickasawd have 
made conBiderab]<; jjrogress in 
eiviiizatior' ; they have abolished 
nfantieide. and other barbarous 
lustoms ; they re<;ently approjtri- 
ated their annuity for one year, 
amounting to $35,(KK) to tli<j ed- 
ucation of their children. A 
/iourishing mission is established 
1.1 Monroe;. 

C'hit:kamv)Jui,y, r. Mi. joins Leaf 
river to form the l'aH<;agoula. 

Chili, i)-i. Monroe CO. NY. 10 
m. NW; Rochester. 

ChiUicothc, p-t. and cap. Ross 
CO. Ohio, and the second town in 
size in tin; Statt;, stands on the 
W. bank of the Scioto, 4.5 m. in a 



Chicupee, r. Ms. is formed rif 3idirect lin*;, and 70 by water from 



branches. Ware, Sv/ifl, and Qua 
boag rivers, and runs into the 
Connecticut, 4 m. N. Springfield 

Ckickesler^ [)-t. Merrimack co 
NH. « m. E. Concord. Pop. 1,010. 

Chidienter, Lower, Delawarfj 
CO. Pa. J 'op. 502 ; Pop. of Upper 
a 413. 

C'hickahryminy, r. Va. runs into 
the N. side of James river, 37 m. 
above Point ('omfort. 

Cliickamaugah creeky Ten. 
joins the 'i'ennesdee, near Look- 
out rnts. 

C'hickasav) Jigtncy., Al. 27 m, 
W. Cotton-(jin-Port. 

Chickasaw liivjfs, 4 bluffi< on 
1 lie E. side of the Mississippi, from 
3 70 to 2.i'> rn. below the Ohio. 

C/iickasavjs, Indians, whose 



its mouth ; 4.5 S. Columbus, 70 
SW. Zanesville, 93 E. by iV. Cin- 
cinnati. Lon. HiP ^jFj' W. Lat. 39° 
14' N. Pop. 2,426. It is laid out 
on an elevated ])Iain betweeri 
Paint creek and the Scic>to. Th« 
streets are spacious and cross each 
other at right angles. It contain- 
ed in 1823, a court-house, jail, 
market-house, 2 printing-offices, 
3 banks, including the U, S. 
branch bank ; 3 churches, i for 
Presbyterians, I for Seceders, and 
I for Methodists, and an academy. 
In the town and vi<;inity are many 
valuable mills and manufactories. 

CfulUsf/uurjve, t. N'jrthumber- 
land CO. Pa. Pop. I,0.j5. 

Chilmurk, p-t. iJukes co. Ms. 
90 ni. S. bv K. linyf on. pon. 6Jr,. 



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CJi/h, p-t. Clermont co. O. 23 
S. Williamsburgh. Pop. 115. 

China, p-t. Kennebec co. Me. 
20 m. N. Augusta. J'op. 894. 

China, p-t. Genesee, co. NY. 
32 m. SW. Batavia. Pop. 780. 

Chippeway, t. Beaver co. Pa. 
Pop. 443. 

Chippeumy, t. Wayne co. O. 12 
ni. NE. Wooster. Pop. 681. 

Chippeway, r. NW. Tcr. joins 
tlic Mississippi at Lake Pepin. 

Chippeways, or Santeurs, In- 
dians, one oi' the most numerous 
and powerful tribes in N. Ameri- 
ca, are scattered in petty bands 
along the N. border of the U. 
States. Number unknown. 

Chittenden, co. Vt. sq. m. 500. 
Pop. 16,055. Chief t. Burlington. 

Chittenden, t. Rutland co. Vt. 
30 m. NW. Windsor. Pop. 528. 

Chittenham, t. Montgomery co. 
Pa. Pop. 956. 

Chitteningo, cr. a fine mill 
stream, NY. falls into Oneida lake 



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bers of tlie Cherokee mission, un- 
der the direction of the American 
Board. The Choctaws have man- 
fested toward the mission the 
most friendly disposition. At a 
treaty held in 1816, they sold a 
portion of their country to the 
U. States, for which they are to 
receive |6,000 annually, in cash, 
for 17 years. The whole of this 
sum they have appropriated to the 
support of schools under the di- 
rection of the American Board. 
The sum of |,1000 is annually al- 
lowed to the mission from the U. 
S. treasury. There are now nine 
stations, viz. at Elliott, Mayhew, 
Cmmaus, Goshen, and four other 
places not yet named ; and more 
than 200 native children in the 
sciiools. 

Choctnv)S of Arkansas. The 
Choctaws ov;n a tract of country 
within the established limits of 
Ar»ianua8 tciritory, of more than 
60 miles in breadth, from E to 



Chitteningo, p-v. Madison co.lW. and on an average 125 miles 
NY. on the above creek, and atiin length, extending from Arkan- 
the head of a canal 1 1-2 miles! na : ',o Red river. It was obtained 
long, leading into the Erie canal.] from the U. S. in 1820, in ex- 
Here are valuable mills, and quar-* change for lands ceded by the 



ries of gypsum 

Choctaw, or Choc.tav)hatchie 
bay, Flor. receives Choctaw ri- 
ver, and communicates by two 
passages with the gulf of Mexico. 

Choctaxo Agency, p-v. Missis- 
sippi, 120 m. NE. Natchez. 

Choctaws, Indians, whose coun- 
lies chiefly within the charter- 
limits of Mississippi, but also 
extends to Tombigbee river in Al- 
abama. The soil is fertile and is 
watered by the Yazoo, Big Black, 
and Pearl rivers in the upper part 
of their course. Population about 
20,000. 

in 1818, a mission was com- 
Hieiicrd amontj this tribe bv mem- 



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IChoctaws on the E. side of the 
■- Mississippi. 

Choptank, navigable r. Md. on 
the E. shore, falls into the Chesa- 
peake. 

Chmvan, r. NC. is formed by 
the union of Nottaway, Meherrin, 
and Blackwater rivers, and falls 
into Albemarle-sound. 

Chowan, co. NC. Pop. 6,464. 
Slaves 3,469. Chief t. Edenton. 

Christian, co. Ken. Pop. 10,459. 
Slaves 3491. Chief t. Hopkins- 
viUe. 

Christian, t. Lawrence co. Ark. 
Pop. 1222. 

Christiana, or Christiana 
Bndge, p-t. and hundred,Newcas* 



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tic CO. Del. on Christiana creek. 
12 m. h: Ejkton, 9 SW. Wilming- 
ton. I'op. 835.5. 

Christiana creek, Del. joins the 
Brandywine below Wilmington. 
It admits vessels of 14 ft. draught 
to Wilmington, and those of 6 
feet draught to Christiana bridge. 

Christianslmrg, p-t. and cap. 
Montgomery co. Va. 220 SW. 
Richmo))d. 

Church creek, t. Dorchester co. 
Md. 7 m. SW. Cambridge. 

Church-Hill, p-v. Queen Anne's 
CO. Md. 8 m. NE. Centreville. 

Church tovm, pt. Lancaster co. 
Pa. 20 m. ENE. Lancaster. 

Cicero, p-t. Onondaga co. NY. 
on Oneida Lake, 4 m. N. Salina, 
46 W. Utica. Pop. 1,303. 

Cincinnati, p-t. and cat). Ham- 
ilton CO. Ohio, near the SW. cor- 
ner of t)>e State, on tlic N. bank 
of the Ohio river, 20 m. above the 
mouth of the (Jreat Miami, 93 W. 
by S. Chiliicothe, 175 NK. Lou- 
isville, 102 NNE. Frankfort, 
465 below Pittsburg by water. 
Lon. 84° 27' W. Lat. 390 6' N. 
It is regularly laid out, in a plea- 
sant and healthy situation, and is 
one of the most flourishing tOAvn? 
west of the Alleghany mountains. 
Its growth has been rapid almost 
without a parallel. In 1805 the 
population was 500; in 1810, 
2,540; in 1815, 6,500; in 1820, 
9,642, and in 1825, 14,000. 

It contains, a court-house, 2 
brick markets, 4 banks, a liancas- 
terian school, a college fidifice, 4 
printing-offices, and 7 churches, 
2 for Presbyterians, '2 for Metlio- 
diets, 1 for Episcopalians, 1 for 
Friends, and 1 for Roman 
Catholics. Among the m,ii:u- 
factorics arc an immense strain 
mill, 9 stories high, chiefly 
for manufacturing liour (which 



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was destroyed by fire, but is re • 
built) ; a steam saw mill, a wool- 
len and 5 cotton factories, 2 glass 
houses, a brewery, a rope-walk, 
5 steam engine factories, 2 iron 
foundries. The funds of the 
Lancasterian school have lately 
been iiicreased by a subscription 
of $30,000 and "it is intended to 
erect it into a college. Among 
the literary and scientific institu- 
tions are the Cincinnati College, 
the Medical College, and the 
Western Museum Society, whose 
object is to collect the natural and 
artificial curiosities of the West- 
ern country. 

Cincinnntus, p-t. Cortlandt co. 
NY. 12 m. SE. Homer. Pop. 885. 

Circleville, p-t. and cap. Picka- 
way (^o. O. on tlic E. side of the 
Scioto. It is built principally on 
a circular mound of earth, con- 
tiguous to which is another of a 
scjuan; form ; the origin of these 
mounds is unknown ; they com- 
prise together about 20 acres, 
i^op. 535. 19 m. N. Chiliicothe, 
26 S. Columbus. 

City-point, p-t. port of entry 
and cap. Prince George co. Va. 
on .James river, 20 m. below 
Riclimond. 

Chaiborne, co. Mi. Pop. 5,963. 
Slaves 3,087. Chief t. Gibson Port. 

Claiborne, co. Ten. Pop. 5,508. 
Slaves 377. Chief t. Tazewell. 
' Claiborne, p-t. Monroe co. Al. 
at the head of schooner navigation 
on the Alabama, 25 m. E. St. 
Stephens. 

Clnremont, p-t. Cheshire co. 
NH. on Connecticut river, oppo- 
site Windsor. Vt. 12 m. N. 
Charlestown. Pop. 2,290. 

Clarence, p-t. Erie co. NY. on 
Tonnewanta creek, 18 m. E. Buf- 
falo. Pop. 3,278. 

Clarendon, p-t. Rutland co. Vt-. 



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MX Otlcj- creek, 55 m. S. Montpe- 
lier. Pop. 1,712. 

Clarendon, p-t. Orleans co. NY 
in m. NE. Batavia. Pop. 1,400. 

Claridon, p-t. Geauga co. O. 
Pop. 398. p-t. Marion co. 

Clarke, CO. Geo. Chief t. 
Athens. Pop. 8,7G7. Slaves 3,461. 

Clarke, CO. Al. Chieft. Clarkes 
villc. Pop. 5,839. Slaves 2,035. 

Clarke, co. K. Pop. 11,449. 
Slaves 3,463. Chieft. Winchester 

Clarke, CO. O. Chief t. Spring- 
Held. Pop. 9,533. 

Clarke, Ohio t. Brown co. Pop. 
1,892. t. Clinton co. Pop. 1,210, 

Clarke, co. Ind. Pop. 8,709, 
Chieft. Charleston. 

Clarke, co. 111. Pop. 931. 

Clarke, co. Ark. Pop. in 1825, 
1,153. Slaves 54. 

Cla7-kesbo7'ottgh, p-t. Jackson 
CO. Geo. 10 m. S. Jefferson. 

Clarkeshurg, t. Berkshire co 
iNIs. 33 rn. NE. Lenox. Pop 
274. 

Clarkeshurg, p-t. Mont^omer\ 
CO. Md. 29 m. from Washington 

Clarkeshurg, p-t. atid cap. Har 
rison co. Va. on the Monongahe- 
la, 40 m. W. Morgantown. 

ClnrkesbUrg, t. Ross. co. 0. 16 
jn. NW. Chilicothe. 

Clarke's r. Oregon Ter. a large 
branch of Columbia river. 

Clarkestown, p-t. and cap. 
Rockland co. NY. on the Hudson, 
*J8 m. N. New- York. Pop. 1,808. 

Clarkesville, p-t. Green co. Pa. 

ClurkesviUe, p-t. and cap. Mont- 
gomery CO. Ten. on. Cumberland 
river, 30 m. below Nashville. 

Clarkesville,^\)-t. Clinton co. O. 
i> m. W. Wilmington. 

Clarkesville, t. Clarke co. In. 
on the Ohio, opposite Louisville, 
vith a safe harbour for boats. 

CUtrksnn, p-t. Monroe co. NY. 
IS Tiv ■)V. Rochester. Pop. 1,612. 



Clavcrnck, t. Columbia co. N V . 
3 m. E. Hudson. Pop. 2,813, 
Here is an academy. 

Clay, CO. K. Pop. 4,393. 
Slaves 285. Chief t. Manchester. 

Clayton, t. Perry co. O. 8 m. 
E. Somerset. Pop. 907. 

Clear creek, Ohio, t. Fairfield 
CO. Pop. 1,174. t. Warren co. 
l*op. 2,444. t. Richland co. Pop. 
.309. 

Clearfield, co. Pa. Pon. 2,342. 

Clearfield, p-t. cap. Clearfield 
CO. t. Butler co. Pop. 515. 

Clermont, p-t. Columbia co*- 
NY. on the Hudson, 15 m. below 
Hudson. Pop. 1,164. Here ist 
the elegant seat of the late Robert 
R. Livingston. 

Clermont, co. Ohio. Pop, 
15,820. Chieft. Williamsburg. 

Cleveland, p-t. and cap. Cuya- 
^loga CO. Ohio, at the mouth of 
Ciiyahoga river, on Lake Erie, 54 
m. NW. Warren, 150 NE. Co- 
lumbus, 60 E. Sandusky, 180 W. 
Buffalo, 131 NW. Pittsburg. Lon. 
810 46' W. Lat. 41° 31' N. Pop. 
606. It has a bank and printing- 
office. It is favourably situated 
for trade, and is one of the prin- 
cipal places for embarkation eu 
the Lake. 

Cleves, p-t. Hamilton co. O. on 
the Ohio, 16 m. W. Cincinnati. 

Clifford, t. Susquehannah co. 
Pa. Pop. 681. 

Clinch, V. Ten. unites with the 
Holston to form Tennessee river. 
It is navigable for boats 200 miles. 

Clinton, p-t. Kennebec co. Me. 
26 m. N. Augusta. Pop. 1,356. 

Clinton, CO. NY. sq. m. 1,064. 
Pop. 12,070. Chief t. Plattsburg. 

Clinton, p-t. Dutchess co. NY. 
on the Hudson, 12 m. NE. Pough- 
keepsie. Pop. 2,384. 

Clinton, p-v. Oneida co. NY. 
plcasuntly situated on Oriskany 



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!rcfik, 9ra. WSW. Utica, lUS 

^VI^^VV. Albany. 

Uamilton college was incor- 
)orat<'d in 1812, and has been 
iberally. patronised by the leyis- 
ature, and by individuals. In 
iJ>25, it had a president, and 4 
jrofessors, viz. 1 ol' languages, 1 
)f mathematics, and natural phi- 
osophy, 1 of chemistry, and 1 ot'j 
he Latin language, 2 tutors, a 
iljrary of about 2,000 volumes, 
uul 100 .stiidcntB. Tiio college 
Kiiidings are about a lailo west oi 
;lie village on a high hill, com- 
nanding a very extensive pros- 
pect. Th«;y consist of an elegant 
itone edifice 4 slorien high, con- 
taining 32 rooms I'or students; 
mother of 3 stories, in which are 
the chapel, library room, and la- 
boratory; and a dining-hall. 

Clinton, p-t. and caj). Jones co. 
Geo. 20 m. W. iMilledgcville. 

Clinton, p-t. and cap. Vender- 
son CO. Ten. on Clinch river. 

Clinton, CO. O. Pop. 8,085. 
Chief t. Wilmington. 

Clinton, Ohi(,, t. Knox co. Pop. 
HM. t. Franklin co. Pop. 518. 
t. Jackson co. Pop. 338. 

Clockoille, u-v. Madison co. NY. 
10 m. fr. Morrisville. 

Cluver-dak, p-v. iiotetourt co. 
Ya. 159 m. from Riclunond. 

Clyde, r. Vt. runs into Lake 
!M<'.niphremag(»g, in Derby. 

Clyde, p-v. VV'ayne co. NV. on 
the canal, 4 m. N. Waterloo. 

Clynier, t. ("hatauqiie co. NV. 
18 m. SW. Mayville. Pop. 25G. 

Cobhuin, t. Surry co. Va. on 
James river, opposite James 
town. 

CobuskiU, or Coldhkill, p-t. 
Sf;hoharie co.NY. onCobus creek, 
7 m. W. Scoharie. Pop. 2,44U. 1 

Cochcco, or Dover river ^ NH. 

runs into the Pjacata«iua. ! 

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Cochcttoa. See Coshoctoir. 
Cocke, CO. Ten. I'op. 4,8y'J. 
Slaves 468. Chief t. Newport. 

Cocoanut, t. Susquehannah co. 
Pa. Pop. 508. 

Codorus, t. York co. Pa. on 
(Jodorus creek, which falls into 
the Susqnehannah. i'oj). 2,183. 

Coeymans, p-t. Albany co. NY. 
on the Hudson, 11 m. below Al- 
bany. Pop. 2,872. 

Colaazy, or Casarea creek, NJ. 
ialls ihto the Delaware opposite 
Bombay Hook. 

Cohasset, seaport and p-t. Nor- 
folk CO. Ms. 25 SE. Boston. Pop. 
1,099. Cohasset rocks, whicii 
iiave been fatal to many vessel.*-;, 
lie ort" this place, 3 m. from the 
shore. 

Cohoos. See Cahoos Jails. 
Coilsville, t. Trumbull co. O. l(j 
m. SK. Warren. I'op. .541. 

Colchester, t. Chittenden co, 
Vt. on Lake Champlain, 5 m. N. 
Burlington. I'op. 9G0. 

Colchester, p-t. New London co, 
(k. 15 m. W. Norwich, 25 SK, 
Hertford. Pop. 2,152. Baeojj 
Academy, in this town, was 
founded in 1801. Its funds are 
.|)'30,000 ; it has a spacious brick 
edillce, and usually about 90 stu- 
dents. 

Colchester, p-t. Delaware co. 
Ny.21 m. S. Delhi. Pop. 1,0«4. 
Colchesler, t. I^'airfax co. Va. on 
Occoipiam creek, a navigable wa- 
ter of the Potomac, IG m. SW. 
Alexandria. 

Cold.sj/ring, t. Cataraugus co. 
NY. 14 m. SW. EUicottville. 

Coldspring landing, NY. oj)po- 
site West Point. Here is a U. S. 
cannon foundery. 

Coldenham, p-v. Orange co. NY. 
13 m. fr. Goshen. 

Cole, CO. Mo. Pop. 1,028. 
Chief t. Howard's BlnfT' 



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Colehrook, p-t. Coos co. NH. 40 

HI. N.Lancaster. Pop. 470. 
Colebrook, p-t. Litchfield co.Ct. 

with several iron works and nulls. 

18 m. NE. Litchfield. Pop. 1,274. 
Colebrook dale, t. Berks co. Pa. 

^'ToZeVaine, p-t. Franklin co. Ms. 

5in NW. Greenfield. Pop. 1,961. 

Coleraine,^-i. Lancaster co. Pa, 

Pop. 1,088.— t. Bedford co. Pop. 

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Coleraine, t. Ross co. 0.15 m. 
NE. Chillicothe. Pop. 86b. 

Coleraine, t. Hamilton co. O. on 
Miami river, 15 m. from its 
mouth. Pop. 1,906. 

Coleraine, t. Belmont co. O. 
NE St. Clairsville. Pop. 778. 

Colesgrove, p-t. and cap. Cal- 
houn CO. Ill- „„ 

Colesville, p-t. Broome co. NY. 
13 m. E. Binghamton. Pop. 1/00. 

Colesville, p-v. Montgomery co. 

^^C'oZesmZZe,p-v.Chesterrdco.Va. 

Colinton, t. Flor. on Apalachi- 
rola river, 13 m. from the bay. 

cJlleton, CO. SC. Pop. 26,404, 
Slaves 21,770. Chief t. Dor- 

"^C^mns^t.Erie co. NY. 32 m. 
S. Buffalo. Pop. 1064. 

Colosse, p-v. Oswego co. NY. 
20 m. E. Oswego. 

ColvvMa, p-t. Washmgton CO. 
Me. 18 W. Machias. Pop- 537. 

Columbia, p-t. Coos co. JNH. M 
N. Lancaster. Pop. 281. 

Columbia, p-t. Windham co. Ct. 
SW. Brooklyn. Pop. 941. 

Columbia, CO. NY. sq. m. 594. 
Pop. 38,330. Chief t. Hudson. 

Columbia, p-t. Herkmier co. 
NY 10 S. Herkimer. Pop. 2051. 

Columbia, v. NY. 6 m.N.Hudson. 

Columbia, co. Pa. Pop. 17,621. 
Chief t, Cattawiesa. 



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Columbia, p-t. Lancaster co. 
Pa. on the Susquehannah, over 
which is a bridge 1 1-2 miles long. 
10 m. W. Lancaster. Pop. 1891- 
It contains a bank and 3 church- 
es. Here are medicinal sprmgs. 
Columbia,X.. Bradford co. Pa. 
Pop. 823. 

Columbia, District of, a tract of 
country 10 miles square, on both 
sides of Potomac river, 120 miles 
from its mouth. It was ceded to 
the U. States by Maryland and 
Virginia in 1790, and in 1800, be- 
came the seat of the General Go- 
vernment. It is under the imme- 
diate government of congress. 
Pop. whites 22,614, slaves 6,377, 
free blacks, 4,048, total, 33,039. 
The principal towns are Washmg- 
ton city, Alexandria, and George- 
town. The amount of exports in 
1820 was 11,204,955. The a- 
mountof shipping in 1819, was 
22,141.^;ons. 

Columbia, p-t. and cap. Fluvan- 
na CO. Va. on James river, at the 
mouth of the Rivanna, 45 m. a- 
bove Richmond. 

Columbia, p-t. and cap. Tyrrel 
CO. NC. ^ ^. . 

Columbia, p-t.Richland district, 
SC. and capital of the State, is at 
the confluence of Broad and Salu- 
da rivers, which unite to form the 
Congaree, 113 m. NNW. Charles- 
ton, 35 SSW. Camden. Lon. 81° 
7' W. Lat. 330 57' N. It is regu- 
larly laid out on an elevated plain, 
and contains a state-house, court- 
house, and jail, and 4 churches, 
1 for Presbyterians, 1 for Episco- 
palians, 1 for Methodists, and 1 
for Baptists. For the supply of I 
the town with water, a large re- 
servoir is constructed 76 feet in 
diameter and 8 feet deep, into , 
which the water is raised 120 feet .j 



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by a steam engine, and thence 
conveyed in cast iron pipes 
through the principal streets 
the expense of this establishment 
was ^'45,000. Intercourse has 
lately been established with 
Charleston by steam-boats. 

South Carolina college was 
founded in this town by the legis 
lature in 1801. It is governed by 
a board of Trustees, of whom one 
half (the Governor and Judges) 
are trustees ex officio, and the 
others are chosen by the legisla 
ture. It had in 1824, a president 
4 professors, 2 tutors, 102 stu 
dents, a well selected library of 
5,000 volumes, and a fine mathe 
matical apparatus. Handsome 
brick buildings are erected for 
the accommodation of the presi- 
dent, professors, and students, 
The Legislature make an annual 
grant to the college of about 
^10,000, and are perpetually ex 
tending to it a fostering hand. 

Columbia^ co. Ga. Pop. 12,695. 
Slaves 7,420. Chief t. Aplington 

Columbia^ p-t. cap. Marion co 
Mi. 

Columbia^ p-t. and cap. Maury 
CO. Ten. on Duck river, 40 m. S. 
Nashville. Here is a court-house 
and academy. 

Columbia^ p-t. and cap. Adair 
CO. Ken. 17 m. fr. Greensburg 

Columbia, Ohio, t. Hamilton 
CO. 6 m. E. Cincinnati. Pop. 
2,814.— t. Meigs co. Pop. 128.— 
t. Cuyahoga co. Pop. 181. 

ColMm6m,p-t.cap. Boon co. Mo. 

Columbia, t. Lawrence co. Ar- 
kansas. Pop. 520. 

Columbia, or Oregon river, in 
the territory of Oregon, rises in 
the Rocky mountains, about lat. 
550 N. and running SW. falls 
into the Pacific ocean, in lat. 46° 
15' N. between Cape Disappoint- 



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ment on ths N. and Point Adama 
on the S. The whole length of 
the river is estimated at 1500 
miles. Its principal branches are 
the Wallaumut, Lewis river, and 
Clarke's river, all of which fall in 
on the S. side. Vessels of 30O 
tons may ascend the Columbia, 
to Vancouver's point 90 miles. 
The tide flows up 183 miles, 
and large sloops may ascend this 
distance. Seven miles further up, 
the navigation is interrupted by 
the great rapids. Above the ra- 
pids, the river is navigable for 65 
miles, till it is interrupted by the 
long narrows, and 6 miles further 
up by the falls. Above the falls 
there are no obstructions for 150 
miles, to the mouth of Lewis ri- 
ver. The portages around the 
great rapids, long narrows, and 
lalls, are in all 5 miles. 

Columbiana, co. O. Pop. 
22,033. Chief t. New Lisbon. 

Columbiana, p-t. Columbiana 
CO. O. 8 m. N. New Lisbon. 

Coht.mbus, \i-t.Chenaingo co.NV. 
12 m. NE. Norwich. Pop. 1,805. 

Columbus, CO. NC. Pop. 3,912. 
Slaves 913. Chief t. Whites- 
ville. 

Columbus, p-t. Franklin co; O. 
and capital of the State, is on the 
E. bank of the Scioto, just below 
the confluence of the Whetstone, 
45 m. N. Chillicothe, 60 W.Zanes- 
ville, 108 NE. Cincinnati. Lat. 
390 57' N. Lon. 83° 3' W. The 
town is well built, and its growth 
has been rapid. In 1812, the lots 
were first exposed to sale, with 
the timber then standing upon 
them, and in 1820 it contained a 
handsome state-hous^, court- 
house, building for the public offi- 
ces, classical seminary, female 
academy, a penitentiary, a bank, 
a market-house, 2 printing-office*;, 



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\norc than 200 houses, and 1,500 
inliabitants. 

Comhahee, r. SC. runs into St. 
Helena sound. The Combahce 
ferry is 17 m. fi. Jacksonboro', 1.') 
fr. Pocataliaro. 

Co7nm'umpn, v. Bergen co". NJ 
2m. SW. Pauhis-Hook. 

Cotnpton, t. Bergen co. NJ 
Pop. 2,818. 

Concord, p-t. Merrimack co 
NH. and capital of the State, 
stands on the IMerrimack, 4,> m 
WNW. Portsmouth, 62 NNW, 
Boston, 505 fr. WashinjTton, 
Lon. 71° 30' W. Lat. 43° 12' N 
Pop. 2,8.J8. The village is built|co. Pop. 507.— t 
principally on two streets on thc;591. — t. Ross co 



cial Congress met in 1774; and 
here the hrst opposition was made 
to the British troops, on the 19th 
of April, 1775. 

Concord, t. Erie co, NY. 32 
in. S. Buffalo. Pop. 1024. 

Concord, p-t. Saratoga co. NY. 
Pop. 571. 30 m. NW.Ballston-Spn. 

Concord, i Delaware co. Va. 21 
m. SW. Philadelphia. Pop. 1,032. 

Conr.ord,t. Erieco. Pa. Pop. 53. 

Concord, p-t. Sussex co. Del. 

Concord, p-t. and cap. Cabarras 
CO. NC. on Rocky river, 20 m. SW. 
Salisbury. 

Concord, Ohio, t. Champaign 
Miami CO. Pdp. 
Pop. 2,234.— t. 



W. bank of the river, and con-|Fayette co. Pop. 347. — t. High- 
tains a state-lmuse, state-prison, land co. Pop. 1,035. — t. Dela- 
town-house, 2 Innks, a coagrega-'ware co. Pop. 209. — p-t. Geau- 
tional church, 5 printing-office s, ga co. 

and 170 dwel'ai\g-houses. The Concordia, co.hB.. Pop. 2,626. 
Ktate-house ii a handsome stone Slaves 1,787. 
building. The state-prison is al- Concordia, t. a.\\d cap. Concor- 
BO of stone and contains 36 cells, dia co. La. opposite Natchez. 
In 1323 the courts were rev.ioved Conecocheague, r. runs into the 
from Portsmouth and a.ie now Potomac at Williamsport, Md. 
held in this town. By means of Conecuh, co. Al. Pop. 5,731. 
Merrimack river and Middlesex Slaves 1,931. 
canal th.-To is a direct navigation Conecuh, r. rises in Al. and 
to Boston. Much of the trade of passing into Fhirida, soon after 



the upper country centres here 

Concord, t. Grafton co. NH. 28 
m. fr. Lancaster. Pop. 1,126. 



takes the name o2 Eocambia. 

Conedog-ivinit creek, Pa. runs in- 
jto the \V. side of Susquehannah, 



Concord, p-t. Essex co. \t. ona little above Harrisburg. 



Connecticut river, 33 m. fr. Mont 
pelier. Pop. 806. Here is an a- 
cademy. 

Concord, r. Ms. joins the Mer- 
rimack i:i Tewksbury. 

Concord, p-t. Middlesex co. 
Mass. on Concord river, 13 m. 
NW. Boston. Pop. 1,7S8. The 
courts of the county are held al- 
ternately here and at Cambridge. 
Here are a court-house, a spacious 
ptone jail, and a Congregational 
church. —In this town the Provin- 



Conemaugh creek. Pa. runs into 
the Alleghany, 29 m. NE. Pitts- 
burg. At Chesnut ridge, it takes 
the name of Kiskemanitas. 
Concmaugh salt tvorks, are on 
both banks of this creek, 15 m. 
i\E. Greensburg. 

Conemaugh, Pa. t. Somerset co. 
Pop. 378. — t. Indiana co. Pop. 
1,555. — t. Cambria co. Pop. 923. 

Contquenesing,t. Butler co. Pa. 
Pop. 977. 

ConeqiKncsing creek, Pa. joins 



C O iV 69 

tliG IVIahoiiiniT 12 fr. i1,s moulli.j 

Conesiaga, r. Pa. runs into the 
E. side of the Siisqiiehannah, 15 
m. l)elow Col)imbia. 

Conestago, t. Lancaster co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,805. 

Concivago^ Pa. t. Adams co. 

Pop. 839. 1. York co. Pop. 

945. 

Concwangn, navigable r. NY. 
Avliich receives tlie waters of Cha- 
faiiquo and Casdaga lakes, and 
joins the Alleghany at Warren, Pa 

Conewango, t. Warren co. Pa 
Pop. 892. 

Congaree, r. SC. formed by the 
ronlluence of Saluda and Broad 
rivers. After a course of 30 miles, 
it joins the Wateree to form the 
Santee. 

Congress^ t. Wayne co. O. Pop 
250. 

Conhocton creek^ NY. runs into 
the Tioga at Painted Post. 

Conhor.ton,tTp-t. Steuben co. NY. 
16 m. NW. Bath. Pop. 1,. 560 

Conneciicvt rivcr^ the largest ri- 
ver in New^-England,rises near the 
borders of Lower Canada, and 
JrunninfT south, divides N. llamp 
sliire from Vermont, and passing 
through Massachusetts and Con 
necticut, flows into Long Island 
sound between Saybrook and 
Lyme. Its whole length is 410 
miles. It is navigable for vessels 
drawing 10 feet water, 36 miles, to 
Middletown ; for small sloops, 50 
miles, to Hartford ; and by means 
of canals and other improvements, 
it has been rendered passable for 
boats to the Fifteen Mile Falls 
250 miles further. The perpen 
dieular height of the falls which 
have been overcome by dams and 
locks between Springfield in Mas- 
sachusetts and Hanover in New 
Hampshire, a distance of 130 
miles, is about 200 feet. 

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coisr 

Coiinrclicuf, one of the (/. S. 
bounded N. by Massachusetts; 
E. by Rhode Island ; S. by Long 
fsland sound, and W. by New 
York. It lies !)<(ween 4"lo and 
42° 2' N. lat. and hcXwn.cn 710 29' 
and 73° 24' W. io.i. It is 90 miles 
long, 70 broad, and contains 
4,764 square miles. Pop. in 17S0, 
237,946; in 1820, whites 267,181 ; 
slaves 97; free blacks 7,870; to- 
tal, 275,243. A larger proportion 
of the inhabitants are engaged in 
manufactures than of any other 
state except R. Island. The trade 
is chiefly with the West India is- 
Jands and the Sofithcrn states. 
The exports consist of horses, 
mules, butter and cheese, cider, 
Indian corn, beef, pork, &,c. 
Much of the produce of the west- 
ern parts of the state is carried to 
New York, and of the eastern 
parts to Boston and Providence. 
Fhe amount of shipping in 1816 
was 60,104 tons. 

Connecticut reserve, often called 
J^ew Conneciicvt, ()]iio,comnriscH 
the counties of Ashtabula, Trum- 
bull, Portage, Geauga, Cuyahoga, 
Medina, and Huron. It is 120 m. 
long, from E. to W. and on an 
average, 52 broad, containing 4680 
square miles, or 3,0(*0,000 acres. 

ConneoKght, t. Erie co. Pa. 
Pop. 631. 

Conneought, p-t. and creek, 
Ashtabula co. O. 

ConneougfUee, t. Eric co. Pa. 
Pop. 438. 

Connesaugah, r. Ala. one of the 
head streams of the ('oosa. 

Connelsville, p-t. bor. Fayette 
CO. Pa. at the head of navigation 
on the Youghiogany, 200 m. from 
Washington, 33 fr. Morganstown, 
Va. Pop. 600. 

Connorsvillc, p-t. cap. Fayette 
CO. Ind. 



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Voaotoway creeky joins tlie Po- 
tomac at Hancock, Md. 

Conquest^ p-t. Cayuga co. NY. 
19 m. NW. Auburn. Pop. 802. 

Constable, p-t. Franklin co. NY. 
7 m. N. Malone. Pop. 637. 

CoHstantia, p-t. Oswego co.NY. 
on Oneida lake, 28 ra. W. Rome. 
Pop. 767. 

Constantia,i. cap. Popeco. 111. 

Contoocook, r. NH. runs into 
the Merrimack at Concord. 

Conway, p-t. Straflbrd co. NH. 
on Saco river, 76 m. NNE. Con- 
cord. Pop. 1,365. 

Conway, p-t. Franklin co. Ms. 
6 m. W. Greenfield. Pop. 1,705. 

Conwayhorough, p-t. and cap. 
'Horry co. SC. 

Conyatt, t. Crawford co. Pa. 
Pop. 562. 

' Cook^s settlement, p-v. St. Fran- 
cois CO. Mo. 30 m. Ir. Genevieve 

Coolidg-e landing, t. Md. on the 
}*atuxeut, 28 m. fr. Annapolis. 

Coolspring, t. Morcer co. Pa. 
Pop. 596. 

Cooper, t. Washington co. Me. 
Pop. 200. 

Cooper, r. SC. passes along the 
E. side of the city, and meets the 
Ashley, in Charleston harbour. A 
<;anal connects it with the Santee. 

Cooper, CO. Mo. Pop. 6,959. 
Slaves 637. Chief t. Boonviile. 

Cooperstoion,^-'v . and cap. Otse- 
go CO. NY. at the S. end of Otsego 
lake. It is on one of the western 
turnpikes through the state, 12 m. 
W. Cherry Valley, 66 W. Albany, 
21 S. Erie canal. Pop. 783. Lon. 
74° 48' W. Lat. 42° 44' N. It 
contains a coxirt-house and jail, 3 
printing-offices, 2 churches, and 
an academy. 'The Susqviehannah 
issues from the lake, and upon it 
many mills are erected. 

Cooperstown, v. Harford co.Md 
2'4m. NE. Baltimore. 



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Coos, CO. NH. Sq. 111. 1600. 
Pop. 5,549.Chief t. Lancaster. 
Coosa,x.k\. is formed by the union 
of Etowah and Oostenalah rivers, 
and meets the Talapoosa to form 
the Alabama. There is a fall in 
it, 7 m. from its mouth, and rapids 
thence for 50 miles, to Fort Wil- 
liam ; above whicli boats nrmy 
proceed within 9 miles of the 
Okoa, a navigable water of Ten- 
nessee river. 

Coosaivatchie, p-t. and cap. 
Beaufort co. SC. on the Coosaw, 
which joins Broad river, 27 m. 
NW. Beaufort. 

Cootstown, p-t. Berks CO. Pa. 17 
HI. NNE. Reading. 

Copake, t. ('olumbiaco. NY. 

Copley, t. Medina co. O. Pop. 
169. 

Corbean, r. Mo. Ter. joins the 
Mississippi in lat. 45° 49' N. 
" Core sound, NC. 20 miles long. 
Lon. 77° 5' W. Lat. 34° 38' N. 

Corinth, p-t. Penobscot co. Mo. 
18 m. NW. Bangor. Pop. 296. 

Corinth, p-t. Orange co. Vt. 21 
m. SE. Montpelier. Pop. 1,907. 

Corinth, p-t. Saratoga co. NY. 
at the Great Falls in the Hudson, 
18 m. N. Ballstou Spa. Pop. 1,907. 

Cornish, p-t. York co. Me. on 
the Saco, 50 m. N. York. Pop. 
1,088. 

Cornish, p-t. Cheshire co. NH. 
on Connecticut river, 17 m. N. 
Charlestown. Pop. 1,701. 

Cornville, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 
11 m. ENE. Norridgewock. Pop. 
652. 

Cornwall, t. Addison co. Vt. on 
Otter creek, 3 m. S. Middlebury. 
Pop. 1,120. 

Cornwall, p-t. Litchfield co. Ct. 
on the Housatonnuc, 10 m. NW. 
Litchfield. Pop. 1,662. The For. 
Mission School in this place was 
established in 1816, by the Ameri- 



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oaii Board of Foreign Missious, 
ibr the purpose of educating liea 
Jlien youth from various parts of 
the world. In 1824 the number 
of pupils was 30, of whom 15 were 
American Indians, 8 from the is- 
lands of the Pacific ocean, and 3 
i'roni China^ The whole number 
who had enjoyed the advantages 
of the school was about GO. At 
their late meeting, the Board pro- 
posed to discontinue this school, 
chielly because schor)ls being Jiow 
established by the missionaries in 
jicathen countries, the natives can 
ucquire their education at home. 

CormvaU, t. Orange co. NY. 52 
m. N. Nev/ York, i'oit. 3,020. 

Corrimiy t. Somerset co. Me. 
Pop. 411. 

CorUandt, co. NY. Sq. m. 475. 
Pop. 16,507. 

CorllanJt^ p-v. and cap. Cort- 
landt CO. NY. It has a court- 
house, jail, academy, ?vletho«iist 
church, and 100 dweiliug-houses. 
140 m. W. Albany. 

C'ortlandl-town, p-t. W.Ches- 
ter co. NY. on the Hudson. Fop. 
3,054. 40 ny N. Ne w York. 

Coryihti, p-t. and cajj. Harrison 
CO. Ind. 25 m. W. Jeliersonvjlle. 
Fop. in 1819, 1,000. Here is a 
•rave which produces Epsom salts 
and saltpetre, 

Coshocton, or Cochecton, p-v. 
Sullivan cc. NY. on the Oelav.are, 
at tlie crossing of the turnpike, 60 
in. W. Newburgh. 

Coshocton, CO. O. Pop. 7,086. 

Coshocton, p-t. cap. Coshocton 
CO. O. on tlje Muskingum, 28 m. N. 
Zanesville. 

Cote-sans-dessdn, t. Callaway 
CO. Mo. on the Missouri, 70 m. W. 
♦St. ('harles. 

Cotton- Gin Port, p-t. Monroe 
CO. Mi. at the head of navigation 
40n the Tombigbee. 



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Cotton Port, p-t. and cap. Linie^ 
stone CO. Ala. on Limestone creek, 
1 m. from the Tennessee. 

Couderport, p-t. cap. Potter co. 
Pa. 

Council. Bluff, on the E. side of 
the Missouri, a little above the 
mouth of the river Platte. 800 m. 
i'rom the IVlississippi. Lon. 96*^ 
40' W. Lat. 41° 30' N. This place 
is occupied by the \J . S. as a mili- 
tary post. The position is a very 
unportant one, being about half 
way between St. Louis and the 
Mandan villages, and at that point 
on the Missouri which approach- 
es nearest to the post at the mouth 
of St. Peters, with which, in the 
event of hostilities, it may co-ope- 
rate. It is, besides, in th(^ centre 
ol" the most powerful tribes, and 
the most numerous Indian popu- 
kition west of the Mississippi. 

CouriaOlcau, r. La. joins tho 
Atchalalaya, 30 W. Baton Rouge. 

Coveidry, t. Grafton co. ?i!I. 9 
m. K. Haverhill. Pop. 315. 

Coventry, p-t. Orleans co. Vt. 
on Lake Memphremagog, 49 m. 
N. Montpelier. Pop. 282. 

Coventry, t. Kent co. Pil. 15 m. 
SW. Providence. Pop. 3,139. 

Coventry, p-t. Tolland co. Ct. 
18 m. E. Hartford. Pop. 2,053. 

Coventry,r)-t. Clienaiigoco. "^lY. 
20 m. SW. Norwich, i o{). 1,431. 

Concjdn/, t. Chester co. Pa. on 
the Schuylkill. Pop. 1,977. 

Coventry, t. Portage co. O. 15 
m. SW. Ravenna. Pup. 400. 

Covert, p-t. Seneca co. NY. 6 
m. S. Ovid. Pop. 3,439. 

Covington, p-t. Genesee co. N V'. 
12 m. SE. Balavia. Pop. 2,144. 

Covington, Pa. t. Clearfield co. 
Pop. 90. t. Luzerne co. Pop. 
373. p-t. Tioga co. Pop. 555. 

Covington^ go. Ml. Pop, 2,^©0. 
Slaves 456. ' " 



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QjXtiin^hn, p-t. cap. iNTewtonco. 
Ga." 

Covington, p-t. Campbell co. K. 
on the Ohio, opposite Cincinnati, 
and separated by Licking creek 
from Newport. 

Covitigton, p-t. and cap. Wash- 
ington CO. 111. ou the Kaskaskias, 
45 m. SW. Vandaiia. 

Cmiiford, ford in St. Johns river, 
Florida, 28 m. from the mouth 

Coio Island, {Isle de Vaches,) in 
the Missouri, 380 m. from its 
mouth. 

Cowpasture, r, Va. one of the 
principal branches of James river. 

Ccnhpens, Union co. SC. bet v/een 
Pacolet and Broad rivers, the 
place where Gen. Morgan defeat- 
ed the British under Col. Tarle- 
ton, Jan. 11, 1781. 

Coxackie, p-t. Greene co. NY. 
on the Hudson, 26 m. S. Albany, 
10 aboTe Catskill. Pop. 2,355. 
The village contains about lOO' 
dwelling-houses, and a Reformed 
PUtch church. 

Crab-orchard, t. Lincoln co. K. 
on Dick's river, 25 m. SE. Dan- 
ville. 

Crqftsbury, p-t." Orleans co. Vt. 
25 m. N. Montpelier. Pop. 605. 

Cranberry, p-t. Middlesex co. , 
NJ. 9 m. E. Princeton. 

Cranberry, t. Butler co. Pa. 
Pop. 765. 

Craney island, Va. in Hampton 
Roads, 5 m. SW. Fort George. It 
has a strong fort, which com- 
mands the entrance of James and 
Elizabeth rivers. 

Cranston, t. Providence co. RI. 
on the W. bank of Providence ri- 
ver, 5 m. S. Providence. Pop. 
2,274. See Pawtuxet. 

Craven, co. NC. Pop. 13,374. 
Slaves 5,027. Chief t. Newbern. 

Crmoford, co. Pa. Pop. 9,397. 
Clueft. Meskdville. 



Pop.2,5S3. 
Pop. 3,022. 

Pop. 

Ark. 



Mich 



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Crawford, co. Ind. 
Chief t. Fredonia. 

Crawford, co. 111. 
Chief t. Palestine. 

Crawford, 
492. 

Crawford t. Pulaski co. 
Pop. 547. 

Craz/^ord, CO. Ark. Pop. 2217. 
Slaves 137. Chief t. Fort Smith. 

Creegerstown, p-t. Frederick co. 
Md. on the Monocacy, 11 m. N. 
Frederickton. 

Creek Agency, p-v. Baldwin co, 
Ga. on Flint river, 30 m. W. Fort 
Hawkins. 

Creeks, Indians, whose country 
lies within the chartered limits of 
Georgia and Alabama. Their 
principal settlements are on the 
Coosa, Tallapoosa, and Chatahoo- 
chee rivers. The country is fer- 
tile and salubrious, covered with 
fine timber, watered by numerous 
navigable rivers, and sufficiently 
e.vtensive to support, with proper 
cultivation, more than a million 
souls. The number of the Creeks 
was formerly estimated at 24,000, 
of whom 6,000 were warriors ; but 
in their war with the U. S. in 
1813-14, they suffered severe loss- 
es. They now amount to 16,000, 
and are the most warlike tribe on 
this side the Mississippi. The 
Baptists and Methodists have es- 
tablished missions among them 
with considerable success. 

CreeA;^a6'i,Al.missionar3' station 
among the Cherokees, on the Ten- 
nessee, 100 m. SW. Brainerd.' 

Cresajishxirg, p-t. Alleghany co. 
Md. 5 m. W. Cumberland. 

Croghanville, t. Sandusky co. O. 
on Sandusky river, 20 m. from its 
mouth. Pop. 78. 

Crooked creek, Pa. runs in the 
Alleghany 8m. below Kittaning. 

Ci-ooked Lake, IS J. 18 miles long, 



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communicates with Seneca lake, 
it Dresden. 

Crooked river, Me. runs into 
5ebago pond. 

Crooked river, Ga. runs into 
;he Atlantic 14 m. N. St. Ma- 
7's. 

Crooked river, 111. joins the Ilii- 
lois 100 m. from its mouth. 

Crosby, t. Hamilton co.O.ou the 
Miami. Pop. 1,721. 

Cross Anchor, p-v. Spartan- 
ai'.rg CO. SC. on the Ennoree. 

Cross creek, p-t. Washington 
;o. Pa. Pop. 1,908. 

Cross creek, t. Jefferson ; o. O. 
on Indian Cross creen, 3 m. S. 
Steubenville. Pop. 1,651. 

Cross Lake, NY. in Cato. 

Cross roads, v.Chci-tcr co. Pa. 27 
m. SE. Lancaster. 

Cross roads, v. Kent co. Md. 2| 
pj. S. Geovgetown. 

Crosswicks, p-v. Burlington co. 
NJ.8m. SE. Trenton. 

Crotoii, V. W.Chester co. NY. 
on Croton creek, which here joins 
the Hudson. A lew miles from 
the mouth of the creek are the 
Croton falls, where the water de- 
scends perpendicularly 60 or 70 
feet. 

Crownpoint, p-t. Essex co. NY. 
on Lake Champlain, 15 m. N. Ti- 
conderoga, 184 from Montreal. 
Lat. 440 3' N. Lon. 73° 29' W. 
Fop. 1,522. The fort at Crown- 
point was built by the British 
soon after the French war, and 
was the most regular and expen- 
Eive fortification which they con 
structed in America. It stands on 
a peninsula, which projects 3 
miles northward into the lake, 
and is washed on the W. by Bul- 
"wagv bay. The wall is of earth, 
and is very little decayed ; it mea- 
sures more than half a na^^ in 
xircamference on the top^^be 



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trench is hewn out of rock. The 
woll and the walls of tbe bar- 
racks within the fort are nearly 
entire ; here are also the ruins of 
the covered way to the lake, the 
bomb-proof, and the old French 
fort St. Frederick. 

Crowsnest, mt. in Cornwall, NY. 
Heiglit 1,330 feet. 

Croydon, t. Cheshire co. NH. 
44 m. NW. Concord. Pop. 1,0';.'). 
Cuba, p-t. Alleghany co. NY. 
18 m. SW. Angelica. 

Culpepper, co. Va. Pop. 20,944. 
Slaves 9,468. Chief t. Fairfax. 

Cumberlanrl, co. Me. Pop. 
49,445. Chief t. Portland. 

Cumberland, t. Providence co. 
RI. on Pawtucket river, with c.v- 
tensive cotton factories. 8 rn. N. 
Providence. Pop. 2,653. 

Cumberland, co. NJ. Pop. 
12,668. Chief t. Bridgetown. 
I Cumberland, co. Fa. Pop. 
23,606. Chief t. Carlisle. 

Cumberland, Pa. t. Adams co. 
Pop. 1,022. t. Greene co. Pop. 
1,731. 

Cumberland valley, t. Bedford 
CO. Pa. Pop. 683. 

Cumberland, p-t. and cap. Al- 
leghany CO. Md. on the Potomac, 
at the junction of Wills .creek, 
148 m. W. by N. Baltimore, 10.^> 
NW. Washington, 140 E. by S. 
Wheeling. Lat. 39° 37' N. It 
contains a court-house, and jail, a 
bank, and 3 churches, 1 for Lu- 
thertuis, 1 for Roman Catholics, 
and 1 for Methodists. Pop. about 
1,000. A road has been lately 
;riade from this place to Hagars- 
town ; ■ and another over the 
mountains to Wheeling, Va. at an 
expense of 1,800,000 dollars. 

Cumberland, co. ■ Va. Pop. 
11,023. Slaves 6,813. Chief t. 
Cartersville. 

Cumberland, t. New Kent co: 



ry AM '. 

Va. on the Pamunky, 55 m. E. 
Richmond. 

Cumberland, co. NC. Pop. 
14,446. Slaves 4,751. Chief t. 
Fayettcville. 

Cumberland, co. K. Pop. 8,058. 
Slaves 1,332. Chief t. Burkesville. 

Cumberland island,oWihe coast 
of Ga. near St. Mary's. 

Cumberland mountains, extend 
along the SE. border of Kentucky, 
and across Tennessee, to its 
southern boundary. 

Cumberland river, Ky. rises in 
t! G Cumberland mountains, and 
running into Tennessee, makes a 
circular bend, passing again into 
Kentucky, and falls into the Ohio, 
1,113 m. below Pittsburg, 10 
al)ove Tennessee river. It is nav- 
igable for boats of 15 tons, 500 m. 

Cummingion, p-t. Hampshire 
CO. Mass. 20 m. NW. Northamp- 
ton. Pop. 1,060. 

C'umrit, t. Berks co. Pa. Pop. 
2,462. 



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Cunningham's island, O. in 
Lake Erie off Sandusky bay. 

Currents, r. Arkansas, a branch 
of White river. 

Currituck, co. NC. Pop. 8098. 
Slaves 1854. 

Cusawago creek, r. Pa. joins 
French creek at Meadville. 

Cuscowilla, t. Florida, in Ala- 
chua, 70 m. W. St. Augustine. 

Cvshing, t. Lincoln co. Me. 33 
m. E. Wiscasset. Pop. 600. 

Cusawago, t. Crawford co. Pa. 
Pop. 642. 

Cuyahoga, navigable r. O. runs 
into lake Erie, after a course of 
60 miles. The portage to the 
Muskingum, is 1 mile. 

Cuyahoga co. O Pop. 6,328. 
Chief t. Cleaveland. 

Cynthiana, p-t. and cap. Harri- 
son co.K. on a branch of the Lick- 
ing river, 13 m. N. Paris, 24 N. 
Lexington. Pop. in 1810, 369. 
It contains a bank, academy, 
court-house, and jail. 



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.i>!T^;cef, •^•. La. runs into Red 
rivo>, at la', e Bistineau. 

DagSborough, p-t. and hundred, 
Sussex CO. Del. Pop. 2,204. 

Dallas, t. Luzerne co. Pa. Pop. 
455. 

Dall0S, CO. Al. Pon. 6003. 
Skives 2,677. Chief t. Cahawba. 

Dalmntia, p-v. Northumb'd. Pa. 

Dalton, p-t. Coos co. NH. on 
(^"'■onnecticut river, at the head of 
the 15 mile falls, 8 m. S. Lancas- 
ter. Pop. 347. 

Dalton, jp-t. Berkshire co. Ms. 
12 m. NNE. Lenox. Pop. 817. 

Damarisc.otta, r. Me. flows in- 
to the sea between Boothbay and 
Bristol. 



Damascus, p-t. Wayne co. Pa. 
on Delaware river, 18 m. NW. 
Bethany. Pop. 366. 

Damascus, p-v. Montg. co. Md. 

Damascus, p-t. Logan co. O. 

Dan, r. Va. unites with Staun- 
ton river, to form the Roanoke. 
It has falls of 23 feet at Danville, 
but by means of a canal around 
them, the river is made naviga- 
ble for 100 miles from its mouth. 

Dana, p-t. Worcester co. Ms. 
23 m. NW. Worcester. Pop. 664. 

Danbury, t. Grafton co. NH. 
30 m. NW. Concord. Pop. 467. 

Danbury, p-t. Fairfield co. Ct. 
Th(^£Ourts are held alternately 
hcdAiid at Fairfield. The vil. 



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DAN 

lage contains a court-house, jail, 
academy, 4 churches, 1 each for 
Presbyterians,Episcopalians, San 
demanians and Methodists; and 
200 dwelling-houses. Danbury is 
the most considerable town in the 
county in the extent and variety 
of business carried on. Here are 
not less than .50 shops for the 
manufacture of hats. 33 m 
WNW. New Haven, 54 SW 
Hartford, 65 fr. N. York. Pop. 
3,873. In 1777 the town with a 
large quantity of military stores 
was burnt by the British. In th< 
subsequent battle Maj. Gen 
Wooster was slain. 

Danbury^ t. Huron co. O. on 
the N. side of Sandusky bay. Pop. 
157. 

Danbi/, p-t. Rutland co. Vt. on 
Otter creek. At the borough are 
several manufactories. 14 m. N 
Manchester, 18 S. Rutland. Pop. 
1,607. 

Danhy^ p-t. Tompkins co. NY. 
7 m. S. Ithaca. Pop. 2,001. 

Dandridge, p-t. and cap. Jeffer- 
son CO. Ten. on French Broad 
river, 33 m. E. Knoxville. 

Danielsville, p-t. cap. Madison 
CO. G. 90 m. fr. Midledgeville. 

Danube, p-t. H«!rkimer co. NY. 
10 m. SE. Herkimer. Pop. 3,187. 

Danvers, p-t. Essex co. Ms. 
adjoining Salem, 16 m. NE. Bos- 
ton. Pop. 3,646. The most con- 
siderable and compact settlement 
ia a continuation of the principal 
street of Salem. Danvers con- 
tains three churches, 2 for 
Congregationalists, and 1 for Bap- 
tists, a large iron manufactory, 
several tanneries, potteries, and 
brick-yards, and is also engaged 
in phip-building. 

Danville, t. Cumberland co. Me. 
Pop. 1,085. 

JDanvilh, p-t. and cap.^yjedo- 



■j DAN 

nia CO. Vt. The village is plea- 
santly situated, and contains li 
court-house, jail, bank, printing- 
office, and 2 churches, 1 for Con- 
gregationalists, and one for Me- 
thodists. Pop. 500; of the town 
2,300. 25 m. NE. Montpelier, 25 
NW. Newbury, 160 fr. Boston. 

Danville, p-t. Steuben co. NY. 
on Canaseraga creek 24 m. NW. 
Bath. Pop. 1,565. 

Danville, p-t. and cap. Colum- 
bia CO. Pa. on the Susquehannah, 
at the mouth of Mahoning creek, 
12 m. above Northumberland. 

Danville, p-t. Pittsylvania co. 
Va. on Dan river, near the south- 
ern boundary of the state, 150 m. 
S W. Richmond. Lon. 79° 25' W. 
Lat. 36° 34' N. It is pleasantly 
situated at the falls of Dan river, 
130 miles above the great falls of 
the Roanoke. A canal around 
the falls of the Roanoke, opens a 
direct water communication for 
batteaux from Danville to Nor- 
folk ; and another canal around 
the falls of the Dan, continues 
the navigation for some distance 
above the town. These improve- 
ments, together with the advan- 
tages which the falls afford for 
mills and manufacturing estab- 
lishments, have made Danrille a 
place of considerable conse- 
quence, and it bids fair to become 
the great upland depot for an e.f^ 
tensive and fertile country, e. <^ 
bracing the adjacent districts ^y 
N. Carolina and Virginia, m/d a 
part of Tennessee. 

Danville, p-t. and cap. Mercer 
CO. Ky. stands on the SW. side of 
Dick's river, in the vicinity of the 
most fertile and populous part of 
the state. It contains about 200 
dwelling-houses, several mills 
and factories, a court-house, and 
jail, a church, an Asylum for tKe 



D A R 76 

Meaf and Dumb, and is the seat 
of the Centre College of Ken- 
tucky. Centre College was in- 
corporated in 1823, and is under 
the direction of the Synod of Ken- 
tucky ; two professors have been 
appointed, 1 of languages and 1 
of Mathematics ; the college edi- 
fice is of brick 2 stories high: 
students in 1825, 75. 40 m S 
Frankfort, 33 SSW. Lexington' 
Lat. 37O30'N. ^ 

Danville, p-t. Knox co. Ohio, 13 
»i. ^E. Mount Vernon. 

Darby, Lower, p-t. Delaware 
CO. Fa. on Darby creek, 7 m. S W, 
Philadelphia. Pop. 1,004. Pod 
of U'p])er D. 692. ' 

Darby, Ohio, t. Madison co 
Pop. 392. t. Pickaway co. 14 m 
I\W. Circleville. Pop. 536. t.' 
Union co. Pop. 445. 

Darby's creek, Ohio, joins the 
Scioto, opposite Circleville. 

Dardenelks, straits, in the river 
Arkansas, at Cadron. 

Dardenne, r: Mo. joins the Mi 
feissippi 6 m. above the Illinois. 

Darien, p-t. Fairfield co. Ct. on 
Long Island Sound, formerly the 
SE:. part of Stamford. Pop. 1,126. 
Darien, p-t. and seaport, Mc- 
intosh CO. Ga. stands on a high 
sandy bluff, on the north and 
principal channel of the Alaiaina- 
ha, 12 miles from the bar, 192 be- 
low Milledgeville on the Oconee, 
with which there is conuaunica- 
tion by fateam-boat, 62 SSW. Sa 
vannah, 70 NNE. St. Mary's 
Lon. 810 37' W. Lat. 31o 23' N. 
Owing to the rapid settlement oi 
tlie back coiintry,Darien has risen 
within a few years to a place of 
much importance. In 1810, there 
were onlv about 200 inhabitants ; 
a^id in 1819, it contained between 



I) A V 

a printing-press. I'he bar at the. 
mouth of the river has 14 feet at 
low water. Exertions are making 
to remove the obstructions in the 
navigation, and to render Dariea 
the place of foreign export for the 
produce of the rich country be- 
tween Oconee and Oakmulgee 
rivers. ^ 

Darke, co. Ohio. Chief t 
Greenville. Pop. 3,717. 

Darkeville, p-v. Berklv co. \a. 

D«rlmgt07i, district, SC, Pon 
10,949. Slaves 4,473. ^ 

Dartmouth college. See Ham,- 
ver. 

, Darimovfh, seaport, and n-t 
onstol CO. Ms. on Buzzard's bay 
27 m. S. Taunton, 62 S. Boston! 
Pop. 3,636. 

Davenport, p-t. Delaware co. 
^X; Popl»384. 11m. N.Delhi. 

Damdson, co. Te. Pop. 20,154 
Slaves 7,899. Chief t. Nashville. ' 

Davidnonville, p-t. and cap 
Lavvrence co. Ark. at the junction 
ot Black and Spring rivers. Pop. 

Davies, co. Ken. Pop. 3,876. 
Slaves 852. Chief t. Owensboro'. 
,.,^7/'^*,' ^o-.lnd- Pop. 3,432. 
Chief t. Washington. 

Dauphin, CO. Fa. Pop. 21,653. 
Chief t. Harrisburgh. 

Dauphin, isl. Al. Lon. 88° 7' 
W. Lat. 30° 10' N. 

Darofuskee, isl. SC. at the mouth 
ot Savannah river. 

Dayton y-i. and cap. Montoo- 
uiery co Ohio, on the Miami, just 
below the junction of Mad river 
oZ m. N. Cincinnati, ^ W Co- 

i'';^n"'vf? ^^- ^''^^^^^- Pop. 
i,000; ofthe township 2,530. The 
public buildings are a court-house 
and jail, 2 churches, 1 for Presby- 
terians, and 1 for Methodists, a 



:i:;sr'5Sts3E^sSSS;; 



DEE 7 

ixiiN aiitagcs for water works, and 
numerous mills are erected upon 
it. The Miami canal, to connect 
this place with Cincinnati, is in 
rapid progress. 

Dead river ^ Me. the W. branch 
of the Kennebec. 

Deal, V. NJ. 7 S. Shrewsbury. 

Dearborn, p-t. Kennebec co. 
Me. 22 m. N. Augusta. Pop. 
163. 

DcMrborn, co. In. Pop. 11,468. 
Chief t. Lawrenceburg. 

Decatur, p-t. Otsego co. NY. 
12 SE. Cooperstown. Pop. 808. 

Decatur, t. Mifflin co. Pa. Pop. 
635. 

Decatur, p-t. Adams co. Ohio, 
9 m. W. West Union. Pop. 101. 
t. Eawrencc co. Pop. 121. 

Decatur, co. Indiana. 

Deche, r. In. runs into the Wa- 
bash 8 m. below Vincennes. 

DeckersVn, p-v. Sussex co. NJ. 

Dedham, p-t. and cap. Norfolk 
CO. Ms. 10 m. SW. Boston, SO 
NNE. Provideuw. Lon. 7P 12' 
W. Lat. 42° 16' N. Pop. 2,492. 
It contains a court-house, jail, 
bank, 2 printing-offices, and 6 
rhurches, 4 for Congregational- 
ists, 1 for Episcopalians, and 1 
for Baptists. The town is water- 
ed by Charlns and Neponset ri- 
^ ers, which afford numerous seats 
for mills and manufacturing es- 
tablishments 

Deep river, NC. forms with the 
Haw, the NW. branch of Capo 
Fear river. 

Deer, t. Alleghany co. Pa. Pop. 
1,075. 

Deer creek, NY. See Denmark. 

Deer creek, r. O. joins the Scio- 
to 7 m. N. Chillicothe. 

Deer creek, t. Pickaway co. O. 
m. W. Circleville. Pop. i,532. 

. Madison co. Pop. 584. 



DEL 

NH. 17 m. SE. Concord, ^35 I»VV. 
Portsmouth. Pop. 2,133, 

Deerjield, p-t. Franklia ct>. Ms. 
on the west side of the Connecti- 
cut, at the confluence of Deer- 
field river, 4. m. S. Greenfield,!? 
N. Northampton, 92 W. Boston. 
Pop. 1,868. It contains a hand- 
some village with a church and an 
academy, and is in a very fertile 
country. 

Deerjield, t. Oneida co. NY. OR 
the Mohawk, opposite Utica.. 
Pop. 2,346. 

Deerjield, p-t. Cumberland tus, 
NJ. Pop. 1,903. 

Deerfield, p-t. Tioga «o. Pa, 
Pop. 678. 

Deerjield, p-t. Portage co- O. 
15 m. SE. Ravenna. Pop. 430, 
t. Ross CO. 12 m. NW. Chillico- 
the. Pop. 1,104. t. Warren co. 
Pop. 1,695. t. Morgan CO. Pop. 
558. 

Deering, p-t. Hillsboro' ct>, NH^ 
23 SW. Concord. Pop. 1,415. 

Deer isle, isl. and p-t. Hancock 
CO. Me. in Penobscot bay, 9 m. 
SE. Castine. Pop. 1,842. 

Deer park, p-t. Orange CO. NY. 
on Delaware river, 30 ra. W. Ne v 
burg. Pop. 1,340. 

Dekalb, p-t. St. Lawrence co, 
NY. at the falls of the Oswegat- 
chie, which affords a good boat 
navigation to its mouth, 20 miles. 
Pop. 709. 15 m. S. OgdenslHirgh. 

Dekalb, co. Ga. 

Delaware, co. NY. eq. m. 1,4^^ 
Pop. 26,587. Chief t. Delhi. 

Delaware, cO. Pa. Pop. 14,810- 
Chief t. Chester. 

Delaware, t. Pike co. Pa. Pop, 
737. t. Mercer CO. Pop. 424. 

Delaware hay, a spacious bay 
between the states of Delaware 
and New Jersey. Its entrance is 
20 mil6e wide, betw!l(5p« Cajjp 



Deerjield, p-t. RocklnghaiE c<J.' May inX-at. 58^5^' N. ViudV.3x>& 



i; i^ t 7 

Hcnlopen iu lat. 3^'^ 47' N. It is 
65 miles long from Fisher's Point 
to Cvipc Hcnlopen, and in tlie 
broadest part 30 miles wide. 

Delaware riva\ rises in Scho- 
hnrie co. NV. In its course, it 
resembles the letter W. It se- 
parates Pennsylvania Irom IS'ew 
Vork and New Jersey, aaid runs 
iiito Delaware bay, 5 ni. below 
Newcastle. It is navigable lor 
ships of the line 40 miles to Phila- 
delphia, and for sloops 35 miles 
further to the head of tlie tide, at 
Trenton falls. Above the tails, it 
fs navigable 100 miles for boats of 
S or 9 tons. The whole length, 
iVom its source to the bay, is "30l> 
mile*. 

D(lr>U'are, one of the U. S. 
bounded N. by Pennsylvania ; E. 
l)y Delaware river, Delaware bay, 
and the Atlantic ; S. and AV. by 
Marvland. it extends from Pit. 
b'80 30' to 39° 45' N. and Ion. 74- 
SB" to 7.^ 40' W. It is S7 milesiaml one, called .Hiirh fall, of 17a 



i D K R 

sold their lands to the US. who 
have engaged to remove them 
^vest of'^the Mississippi. They 
intend to settle on Arkansas ri- 
ver. Their no. is about 10(K). 

Delhi ^ p-t. and cap. Delaware 
CO. iNY. on the Delaware, with a 
nleasgut village, in which are 
the court-liouse, jail, and an a- 
cademv, 63 m. W. Kingston, 68 
\V. Ciitskdl, 70 SW. Albany. 
Pop. -2,285. 

Delhi, t. Hamilton co. O. Pop. 
1,158. 

i^t7Mj«r,t.Tiogaco.Pa. Pop. 841, ♦ 

Delphi, p-v. Onondaga co. NY\ 

Demoj-otis, p-v. Marengo co. Al. 

Denmark, p-t. Oxford co. JMo. 
on the i>aco, SO S\V. Paris. Pop. 
732. 

Denmark, p-t. Lewis co. NY. on 
Black river, 150 m. from Albany. 
Pop. 1,745. Deer creek joins 
Black river in this town, and has 
several falls of from 10 to 60 teet. 



long from M. to S. and troni 10 to 
l^ broad, containing 2,120 so. m. 
Pop. in 17S0, 59,094; in I'SOO, 
4J4,273; in IT^IO, 72,674: and in 
lS-20, whites 52,2i^2, slaves 4,509, 
free black? 12,95^., tot:d 72,749. 
Dover is the capital. 

Delaicure, t. Kijig William co. 
Va. at the lorks of Vork river, 
28 m. above Yorktown. 

Dehiicarc, co. O. Pop. 7,639. 

Dtlaukjre, p-t. and cap. Dela- 
ware CO. O. on the AV. bank of 
Whetstone river, 26 ci. N. Colum- 
bus. Pop. 695. 

Dehnvare, eo. In. Pop, 3,677. 

Delajcares, Indians,the remi:ant 
of a numerous and powerful tribe, 
who occupied part of New Vork, 



Now Jer 



and Pemisvhaiii 



and could furnish 600 warriors. 
They removed successively to 
<?hk> and In«Ji*n*, and in 1818, 



feet nearly perpendicular. 

Diumnrk, p-t. Ashtabula co. O. 
4m. E. Jefferson. Pop. 111. 

Dtnnis, p-t. Barnstable CO. M>, 
9 m. NE. Barnstable^ 76 SE. Boi 
ton. Pop. 1,997. 

Dr:iiii/soil!e, p-t.AVashington co. 
.Me. at the head of tide water on 
Dennys river, where are nume- 
ii>us mills. 17m. NW. Eastport. 
Pop. 557. 

Dcnion, p-t. aaid cap. Caroline 
CO. Md. on the head- waters of 
(Mioptank river, with a court- 
house, jail, Methodist church, and 
academy. 20 m. SE. Ceutreville, 
20 m. ISE. F.astou. 

De}:osit, p-v. Delaware co. NA 
on the Delaware, 40m.SW. Delhi. 

Dcjtr'orJ, t. Gloucester co. NJ. 
Pop. 3,281. 

Derbi/, p-t. Orleans co. Vt. on 
lake^Ieuiphremagog, 5"2 m. ISE; 



lyiontpelicr. Population 925. 

Dcrliy, p-t. N. Havonco. Ct. ai 
tlu* roiilIiuMico ofNaugatiK k x'w'vv 
with i\w lloiisatoiinuc :, whu-li is 
here iiavii>ablo for vessels of lUO 
tons, 12 in. from its mouth, 8 \V. 
Now Haven. Pop. 2088. Derb^ 
contains 5 churches, 2 Episcopnl, 
2 Congrepatioual, and I Metho- 
dist, a bank, and an Agricultur;il 
Seminary. Tliis institution was 
opened in May 1824, by Messrs. 
Holniaii and Coc. The course ol 
instruction embraces languages, 
geograpliy, history, mathematics, 
and natural p.hih)sophy, with par- 
ticular reference to their jiractical 
uses, or application to the pur- 
poses of common life. Land is 
provided, together with suitabh' 
buildings, a philosophical and clie- 
micai apparatus, and a cabinet of 
minerals. 

Derrt/, t. Dauphin co. Pa. on 
Swetara creek, 2 m. above iU 
jynction with the Susquehannah. 
Pop. 2,256. In the bank of tlu 
creek is a cavern, containing nu- 
merous apartments. 

Derry, t. MitHin co. Pa. Pop. 
1,551. — t. Westmoreland CO. Pop. 
2,J01. — t. Columbia co. Pop. 
1,662. 

Derry, t. Guernsey co. O. Pop. 
902. 

Dcruyter, p-t. Madison co. NV. 
21 m.SW.Morrisville. Pop. 1,214 

JJes Moines, r. Mo. forms lor 
some distance the N. boundary ol 
the State and joins the Missis- 
sippi 250 m. N. of the Missouri. 
The * Dos Moines rapids' are i 
the Mississippi half a mile abov 
this river. 

Des Page. See Fox River, 111. 

Desplants, r. 111. joins the Kan 
kakec, to form Illinois river 
From the Desijlanes there is a 



ipartly worn by the Avatcr, anil, 
partly made by the Frtinch Hii<i 
! ndians, through which boats pass 
III wet seasons. About 40 rod^ 
.Voin the mouth of the Desplanes 
IS .1 remarkable fossil tree. 

Detroit river, N.America, which 
ivMinects lake St. Clair with lake 
Krie, is 28 miles long, and oppo- 
site Detroit, three-quarters of a 
mile wide, enlarging as it de- 
scends, and is navigable for ves- 
sels of any burden. Near its 
mouth are Gross isle, and nume- 
rous smaller islands ; the princi- 
i)al channel is near the eastern 
bide, between Hois blanc island 
and the Canada shore ; the west- 
(Ti! channel is much wider, but is 
slialldw and full of sn^all islands. 
Back from the river, tii' land de- 
.•icends into low grounds and 
marshes, and tlie settlements are 
only one farm deep on the banks 
of the river, which are regular 
and t>ven. The country has been 
settled more than a century, and 
there is a continued village form- 
ed from the mouth oi' the river to 
lake St. Cluir, on the C'anada side ; 
and on the western side for seve- 
ral miles above and below De- 
troit. The houses, though for 
the most part, low and mean, a>re 
finely set round with forest an<l 
fruit trees, and together with tho 
beautiful expanse of the water, 
form a most agreeable view aTs 
you sail on the river. 

Detroit, city, and port of entry, 
Wayne co. and cap. of Michigau 
Ter. is on Detroit river, 9 inile;9 
from lake St. ('lair, 18 al)ov<> Am- 
lierstburg in Up. Canada, 313 S. 
Mackinaw, 302 W. liutfalo, 54B 
fr. Washington. Lou. 82° 56' W^ 
Lat. 420 25' N. Pop. 1,355. The 
city is laiv- out in a regular square. 



sort of canal to Chicago river, Itliree quaTlfrs of a> mile on ea' 



BIG 



m 



iiOA 



s'lii^. TJir public buildings are, a 
market -house ; a council-house 
a penitentiary, built of stone ; a 
bank ; a large government store 
ilouse ; a military arsenal, and 
ordnance store-house ; an acade 
iny ; a neat Presbyterian church, 
and a magnificent catholic church, 
116 feet by 60, built of stone, with 
2 tall steeples, which is not yet 
finished. — The situation of De- 
troit is eminently advantogeous in 
the commerce of the great Lakes. 
It was settled as early as 1683, by 
the French from Canada, for the 
purposes of the fur trade. At 
present, its trade is chiefly with 
Ohio and New York, and with the 



Bristol CO. Ms. on Taunton nvci, 
7 m. S. Taunton. Fop. 653. Ship- 
ping in 1815, 9,699. In this 



military posts on the Upper Lakes 
In 1818, the amount of shipping 
belonging to this port, was 849 
tfins ; the value of exports, was 
^,330, and of imports, $15,611. 
The fort is a regular worli, of an 
oblong figure, covering aji acre of 
gjround, with parapets and bas- 
tions, and surrounded by palisa- 
djoes, a deep ditch and glacis. The 
number of the garrison in 1818, 
168.— In August, 1§12, Detroit 
was surrendered to the British, 
but did not remain long in their 
possession. 

DevWs hole. See JS''iagara fulls. 

Dexter^ p-t. Penobscot co. Me. 
20 m. NW. Bangor. Pop. 461. 

Diamond grove, settlement, 
Green co. 111. on Mauvaise terre 
<jreek, 75 m. NW, Alton. 

Dickinson, t- Franklin co. NY. 
12 m. W. Malone. Pop. 495. 

Dickinson, t. Cumberlaiid co. 
Tx Pop. 2,007. 

Dickinson College. See Carlisle. 

Dicks, T. K. runs jnto the Ken- 
tucky, 2 fter a NW. course of 50 m. 

Dickson, CO. Ten. Pop. 5,190. 
f^lav^s 1,305. Chief t. Charlotte. 

£)iigti(on, p-t. and port of entrv.i 



town, there is a rock containing a 
hieroglyphic inscription, of Vv'hich 
no satisiiictory account has been 
given. 

Dingmansburg, t. Miami co. O. 
on the E. branch of Miami river, 
11 m. above Piqua. 

Dinwiddie, co. Va. Pop. 13,729. 
Slaves 7751. Chief t. Peters^ 
burgh. 

Disn}.al Swamp, a tract of marshy 
land commencing in the SE. part 
of Virginia, and extending into N. 
Carolina. It is 30 miles long from 
N. to S. and 10 broad, and embra- 
ces about 150,000 acres, generally 
covered with trees. In the centre 
is Drummond's pond, 15 miles in 
circumference. The Chesapeake 
and Albemarle canal passes thro' 
the swamp. 

Dittoes landing., p-v. Madison 
CO. Al. on Tennessee river. 

Dixfield, p-t. Oxford co. Me. on 
the Androscoggin, 18 m. NE. Par 
ris. Pop. 595. 

Dixmnnt, p-t. Penobscot co. 
Me. 20 m. W. Bangor. Pop. 515. 

Dixon, t. Preble co. Ohio. Pop. 
841. 

Dixvilk, t. Coos CO. NH. 

Doboy sound, Gs. receives tile 
N. branch of the Alatamaha. 

Dog, or Cedar river, Al. flows 
into the estuary of Pascagoula. 

Dog river, Al. flows into Mo- 
bile bay. 

Dohrman, t. Tuscarawas co. 
O. Pop. 520. 

Donaldsonville, j>t. in the pa- 
rish of Ascension, La. and seat oi' 
State government, is on the Mis- 
sissippi, at the efflux of the La- 
fourche, about 70 m. from N. Or- 
leans. 

Donegal, t. Lancaster co. Pa. on 



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th.e Siisquehannali, 18 m. WNW 
Lancaster. Pop. 3,986. — t. Wash 
ington CO. Pop. 1,879. — t. Butlej 
CO. Pop. 960.— p-t. Westmore 
land CO. Pop. 2564. 

Dorchester ^jp-X.. Grafton co. NH 
50 m. NNW. Concord. Pop. 584. 

Dorcliester, t. Norfolk co. Ms. 
5 m. SSE. Boston. Pop. 3,684 
It contains m;iny beautiful coun- 
try seats, and 4 churches, 3 for 
Congregationalists, and one for 
Methodists. The peninsula, call 
ed Dorchester neck, borders on 
Boston harbour, and u part of it is 
incorporated with the city of Bos 
tun. 

Dorchester^ t. Cumberland co 
NJ. on Morris river, 5 m. fr. its 
mouth. 

Dorchester^ co.Md. Pop. 17,' 
Slaves 5,158. Chief t. Cambriage. 

Dorchester, t. and cap. Colle 
ton dis. SC. on Ashley river, 18 
m. WNW. Charleston.' 

Dorset, p-t. Bennington co. Vt, 
27 m. N. Bennington. Pop. 1,359, 

X)oi;er,p-t.aad cap. Stralibrd co. 
NH. 12 ni. NW. Portsmouth. Lat 
4:iO 11' N. Lon. 70° 50' W. Pop 
2,871. The village is at the head 
of the tide, on Cocheco river, 4 
m. above its junction with .Salmon 
i'ali river. It contains a court 
house, jail, academy, bank, print 
ing-office, and two churches, 1 for 
Congregationalists, and 1 for 
Friends. Dover has of late made 
much progress in manufactures. 
A company with a capitni of 
f 500,000, have erected a rolling 
and slitting mill and nail factory 
at which 1000 tons of iron are 
rolled, and 600 or 700 cut into 
nails annually ;and 2 cotton facto- 
ries, one of which has 4,000 spin- 
dles and 120 or 130 looms, and is 
calculated to produce 20,000 yards 
of cloth per week. Other improve- 



51. D O^V 

luents are begun. Dover has dail} 
coaimunication with PortsmoutJ 
by packet boats 



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Dover, t. Windham co. Vt. Pop. 
329. 13 m. NW. Brattleboro'. 

Dover, t. Norfolk co. Mass. on 
Charles river, 7 m. W. Dedham, 
16 SW. Boston. Pop. 548. 

Dover, p-t. Dutchess co. NY. 21 
m. E. Poughkeepsie. Pop. 2,193, 

Dover, t. Monmouth co. N.J. 
Pop. 1,916. 

Dover, p-t. York eg. Pa. o» gi 
branch of the Goaewago. Pop. 
1,816. 

Dover, p-t. Kent co. Del. and 
cap. of the State, on Jones creek, 
7 m. from its mouth in Delaware 
bav,43 m.S. Wilmington, 76 SSW. 
.•'hiladeiphia. Lat. 39° 10' N. 
Lon. 75° 24' W. There a,re 4 
jtreetE, which intersect each otli- 
er at right angles, and leave in the 
centre of the town a spacious 
square, on the east side of which 
is an elegant State-house. The 
town contains also a banlv, acadc- 
ny, and 2 churches, 1 for Presby- 
terians, and 1 for ' Episcopalians, 
t has a lively appearance, aiui 
carries on considerable trade witli 
Philadelphia, chiefly in flour. Pop. 
ibout 1,000. 

Dover, p-t. and cap. Stewart co. 
Ten, on Cumberland river, 317 m. 
i'r. Murfreesboro'. 

Dover, Ohio, t. .Athens co. Pop. 
)92. — p-t. Cuyahoga co. on lake 
Erie. Pop. 303. — p-t. Tuscara- 
was CO. Pop. 718. 

Douglass, p-t. Worcester co. 
Ms.l7 m.S.Worcester. Pop. 1,375. 

Douglass, t. Montgomery co.Pa. 
on the Schuylkill. Pop. 750. 

Douglass, t. Berks co. Pa. Ppp. 
709. 

Downe, t. Cumberland co. NJ. 
Pop. 1,749. 

DowningtQwn, ft't. Chestet<^i. 



DUB S 2 

f fi. on the Brandy wine, ii3 m. W 
by N. Philadelphia. 

Doylestmon, p-t. Bucks co. Pa. 
26 N. Philadelphia. Pop. 1 ,430. 

Dracut, p-t. IVIiddlesex co. Ms 
on the Merrimack, at Patuckct 
ails, 28 m. Ni\W. Boston. Pop 
1,407. 

Dresden, p-t. Lincoln co. Me 
on both sides of the Kennebec, i 
m. NW. VViscasset. Pop. 1,338. 

Dresden, p-t. Washington co. 
NY. 20 m. N. Sandyhill. 

Dresden, p-t. Mu&ki.-igum co. 
O. on the Muskingum, 15 m. IS. 
Zanesville. 

Dromore, p-t. liancaster co. Pa. 
on the Susquehannah, 17 m. S. 
Lancaster. Fop. 1,500. 

Drowned Lands, a tract of low 
land in Orange co. NY. extending 
on both sides of the Walikill 10 
miles, with a breadth of from 3 to 
5 miles. They are overflowed i 
winter, and when drained are ve 
ly fertile. 

Drowned MeadAno, p-v. Suffol 
CO. NY. 3 m. E. Setauket. 

Drummond''s Island, U. States 
in Lake Huron, at the mouth of 
St. Mary's river, 4 or 5 in. from 
the Canada shore, 36 NE. Macki- 
naw. Lat. 46-5 23' 58' N. It is 45 
miles in circumference. On the 
S. side is a spacious harbour, one 
of the best in the lake. 



B L -\ 

Dublin, t. Huntingdon co. P;t. 
^op. 632.— t. Bedford co. Pop.Tli. 
— Loiver D. t. Philadelphia co. 
Pop. 2,^A0.— Upper D. t. Mont- 
gomery CO. 10 m. NE. Philadel- 
phia. Pop. 1,259. 

Dublin, p-t. cap. Laurens co. 
Ga. on the Oconee, 55 m. from 
Milledgeville. 

Dublin, p-t. Franklin co. O. on 
the Scioto, 12 rn. NW. Columbus. 

Dubois, CO. Ind. Fop. 1,168. 

Dubuque'' s Lead mines, Missou- 
ri Ter. a tract of country, with 
rich lead mines, commencing 60 
m. below Prairie du Chien, and 
exle;iding about 20 miles along 
the W. bank of the Mississippi, by 
9 iti depth. 

Duck, r. Ten. joins the Ten- 
nessee, 57 m. W. Nashville, in lat. 
36'^ N. It is navigable for boats 
90 miles. 

Duck creek, Del. See Smyrna. 

Dudley, p-t. Worcester co. Ms. 
20 m. S. Worcester. Pop. 
1,615. 

Duke's, CO. i\Is. comprises the 
islands of Martha's Vineyard, 
Chabaqiuddick, Nodman's, and 
the EUr.aboth. Pop. 3,292. Chief 

Edgarton, 

Durn/rics, p-t. port of entry, 
aiid cap. Prince ^Villiani co. Va. 
on Quaiitico cresk, 4 m. from the 
Potomac, 33 S. Washington, BON. 



Drummondfcnvn, i. cap. Acco-f Richmond. Lon. 770 28'W. Lat. 



Shipping in 1815, 1743 



macco. Va. 207 m. fr. Ricl-mond. 

Drydea, p-t. Tompkins co. NY, 
on Seneca lake, 35 m. S. Auburn, 
9E. Ithaca. Pop. in 1825,4,1:34! 

Duantshurg^ p-t. Schcnectpdy 
CO. NY. on an elevated tr'tct of 
land, 400 or 50'3 feet above the If 
vel of the Hudson. In Mad creel- 
a branch of Norman'R k'il, thpre!l,693. 

is a perpendicular fall of 70 feet. Dunbarlon, p-t. Merrimack co. 
23 m". W. Albanv. Pop. 3,510. NH. on the Merrimack at 10 m. 

Dublin, p-t. Cheshire co. NH. N. Amhers-t, 9 m. SW. Con(^onl. 
10 m. ESE. Kecne. Pop. 1,260. ipor). 1,450. 



380 40' N. 
tons. 

Dummer, t. Coos co. NH. 

Dmnmerston, o-t. Windham co. 
Vt. on Connecticut river, 5 m. N. 
Brattlfboro', 31 E. Bennington. 
Pop. 1,658. 

Dunbar, t. Fayette co. Pa. Pop. 



J. A C. G 

iJv/ikfird^ t. Greene co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,472. 

J^yyikardstown. See Kphrata. 

Dunkirk^ p-v. Chatauque co. 
"*yY. on Lake Erie, 45 m. fr. Buffa- 
o,and45fr. Erie. Its harbor has 7 
eet water, and is the only good 
)ne. between Buffalo and Erie. 

Dunkirk, t. King and Queen 
:o. Va. 25 m. vS. Fortroyal. 

Dunning street, p-v. Saratoga 
"0. NY. 4 m. SE. Ballston Spa. 

Dunstable, p-t- Hillsboro' co 
V"H. on the Merrimack, 12 SE. 
^.mherst, 40 NW. Boston. Pop 
,142. 

Dunstable, t. Middlesex co. Ms 
>n the S. side of the Merrinjack, 
!7 m. NW. Boston. Pop. 584. 

Dunstable, t. Lycoming co. Pa, 
^p. 474. 

Dupage, r. III. joins the Des 
'lanes, 5 m. fr. its mouth. 

Duplin, CO. NC. Pop. 9,744 
11a ves 3,599. Chief t. Sarecto. 

Durand, X. Coos co. NH. 77 m 
*. Concord. Pop. 78. 

DuranVs, bay, isl. and cape, 
fC. inAlbernarle sound. Lon. 76^ 
6' W. Lat. 350 40' N. 

Du7-ham, p-t. Cumberland co. 
le. on the Androscogcfin, 26 in. 
.'E. Portland. Pop. 1,5B2. 

Durham, p-t. Straffoi-d co. NH. 
n Oyster river, at its junction 
>dth the Piscataqua, 11 m. WNVV. 
'ortsmouth.. Pop. 1,53P,. The 
illage at the falls of Oyster river, 
ontains a church and 70 dweJling- 
ou<5es, and has considerable trade, 
n this town was a rocking stone 
f 60 or 70 tons weight, but it is 
ow thrown off its poise. 



J E A (:t 

Durhmn, p-t. Middlesex co. ( U • 
7 m. S. Middletown, 18 NE. I\e\\ 
Haven. Pop. 1,210. 

Durhorn, p-t. Greene co.NY. 22 
m. NW. Catskill, 30 SW. Albany. 
Pop. 2, 979. It coiitair.3 1 Meth- 
odist, 1 Dutch Reformed, and 2 
Presbyterian churches, and a li- 
brary of 400 volumes. 

Durham, p-t. Bucks co. Pa. on 
the Delaware, 12 m. S. Easton. 
Pop. 485. 

Dutchess, CO. NY. Sq. m. 725. 
Pop. 46,615. Slaves 772. Chief 
t. Ponghkeepsie. 

Dutotsburg, p-v. Northampton 
CO. Pa. on the Delaware. 

Duval, CO. F\oi: Chief t. Jack- 
sonville. 

Duxhorough, p-t. Pivmouth co. 
Ms. 10 m. N. Plymouth, 38 SE. 
Boston. Pop. 2,403, chiefly em- 
ployed in the ccaBting trade and 
lisheries. 

Duxbury, t. Washington co. \t. 
on Onion river, 13 m. W\ Mont- 
pelier. Pop. 440. 

Dwight, p-v. Cherokee nation, 
Arkansas, a missionary station es- 
tablished in 1 820, by the American 
Boanl of Foreign Missions. It is 
beautifully situated on the W. 
bank of the Illinois river, which 
joins the Arkansas 4 m. below, 
and is navigable for keel boats to 
Dwight. The school contained 
in 1825, 60 pupils. 5 m. above 
Cadron, 130 above Little Rock, 
.500 as the river runs from the 
mouth of the Alkansas, 100 below 
Fort Smith. 

/)^'6erry,t. Wayne CO. Pa. Pop. 
7^3 



E 

Eag-Ze, t. Alleghany CO. NY. 221 Pop. 348.— t. Brown co. Pop. 
1. NW. Angelica. 2,038. 

Ecs-fc, t. Hockhocking CO. 0.1 Eag-Ic, r. O, joins the Ohio, 10 



E A S 
JUiles below Mayville. 

Eagleville, t. "Marengo co. Ala 
on the Tombigbee, at the conflu- 
ence of the Black Warrior. 

£«rZ,t. Berksco. Pa. Pop. 934. 

Earl, p-t. Lancaster co. Pa. on 
Coaestago creek. Pop. 5,559. 

Early, co. Ga. i'op. 768 
Slaves 216. 

East-Chester, p-t. Westchester 
CO. NY. 8 m. S. White Plains, 20 
N. New York. Pop. 1,021. Here 
are quarries of white marble. 

East Greenwich, p-t. and cap. 
Kent CO. RI. pn an arm of Narra- 
ganset bav, 16 m. S. Providence, 
22 NNW." Newport. Pop. 1,519. 
It contains a court-house, jail, 
academy, and 2 churches. 

East Gtiil/brd, p-v. New Haven 
CO. Ct. 

East Haddam, p-t. Middlesex 
CO, Ct. on the E. side of Connect.- 
icut river, 14 m. S. Middletown. 
Pop. 2572. It contains 4 churches. 

Eastham, p-t. Barnstable co. 
Ms. 24 m. NE. Barnstable, 89 SE. 
Boston. Pop. 766. 

£asi'Aam/3io?i,p-t. Hampshire CO. 
I\Is. 5 S. Northampton. Pop. 712. 

Eastharnpton, p-t. Suflblk co. 
NY. at the E. end of Long Isl. in- 
cluding Montauk point and Gar- 
diner's island. 35 m. E. River- 
head, 112 E. New York. Pop. 
1,646. Here is Clinton Academy, 
a flourishing institution. 

East Hartford, p.t. Hartford 
CO. Ct. on Connecticut river, op- 
posite Hartford, v,-ith v.liich it is 
connected by a briJje. Pop. 
3,373. It contains 4 churches; 
also numerous mills and manufac- 
tories. 

East Haven, t. Essex co. Vt. 45 
m. NE. Montpelier. Pop. 34. 

East Haven, t. New Haven co. 
Ct. on Long Island sound, 4 m. E. 
New Haven. Pop. 1,237. 



84 E A S 

East Kingston, t. Rockingham, 
CO. NH. 21 m. SW. Portsmouth. 
Pop. 443. 

East Manor, t. Lancaster co. 
Pa. Pop. 3,303. 

Easton, p-t. Bristol co. Ms. 22 
m. S. Boston. Pop. 1,803. 

Easton, p-t. Washington co.Nl^ 
on the Hudson, 16 m. SW. Salem, 
27 N. Albany. Pop. 3,051. 

Easton, borough, p-t. and cap. 
Northampton co. Pa. on Delaware 
river, immediately above the en- 
trance of the Lehigh. It stands 
in a valley, which extends W^SW. 
between the Musconetcuiik moun- 
tains, and a parallel range a mile 
and a half to the N. Several rude 
and isolated hills rise in tlie val- 
ley, upon and near the site of Eas- 
ton, commanding extensive views 
and giving to the place a pictu- 
resque appearance. The borough 
extends along the Delaware from 
the Lehigh to the mouth of Bush- 
kill, a fine mill-stream, a mile to 
the N. The ground is divided by 
streets and lanes, crossing eacii 
other at right angles, an ooen 
square being left in the centre. The 
public buildings are a court-house, 
jail, poor-house, 3 churches, 1 
for Lutherans and (jlerman Re- 
formed, 1 for Presbyterians, and 1 
for Episcopalians ; a bank, with a 
capital of ^214,000; the Union 
Academy ; and a brick building 
which contains a public library 
of about 1500 volumes, and a mi- 
neralogical cabinet. Easton is 
supplied with water brought in 
an aqueduct from a spring, a mile 
and a half distant, and conveyed 
to a large reservoir in the upper 
pai-t of the town. Its location is 
very favourable for trade and ma- 
nufactures. In 1824 there were, 
within 4 miles of the borough, 17 
mills, 11 of which were flouring 



uiills ; during April, May, and 
June, of the same year, 122 arks 
laden with coal passed down tlie 
Lehigh, one of which was 2t>2 
feet long and contained 81 tons. 
Here is a covered toll-bridge, 320 
I'eet long, across the Delaware, 
cost $60,000 ; ajid a chain-bridge 
across the Lehigh. Fop. about 
3,000. 12 ni. NE. Bethlehem, 5ii 
N. Philadelphia. 

Easton, p-t. and cap. Talbot co. 
Md. is on Treadhaven creek, 12 
miles above its junction with the 
Choptank, 42 m. ESE. Annapolis, 
37 S. Chester. It is the largest 
tov/n on the eastern shore of Ma- 
ryland, and a place of considera 
ble business. It contains a bank 
academy, arsenal, court-house, 
jail, 2 printing-offices, and 4 
:;hurches. Pop. 1,500. 

Eastport, p-t. and port of entry, 
Washington co. Me. on Moose 
[sland, in Passamaquoddy bay. 
Phe island is about 4 miles long, 
md has a bold shore accessible for 
arge vessels. Common tides rise 
lere 25 feet. It has intercourse 
>y a ferry with Lubec, 3 miles to 
he S. and at the N. extremity is 
connected with the town of Perry 
)y a handsome bridge, 1,207 feet 
onsr, erected in 1820, at an ex- 



K h i: 

John, NB. Lon. 67^ W. LaC. 
440 54' N. 

East river, NY. is the strait 
through Vv'hich Long Island sound 
communicates with New York 
bay. Its width at New York is 
three quarters of a mile. It is 
navigable for vessels of any bur- 
den. 

East river, port of entry, Va. 
Shipping in 1815, 1,788 tons. 

East Sudbury, p-t. Middlesex 



)ense of $10,000. The town is 
)rincipally built on the southern 
leclivity of the island, and con- 
aina a bank, printing-office, and 
• churches ; 2 for Baptists, and 1 
or Congregationalists. Pop. 
,937. The inhabitants are en- 
;aged in commerce, particularly 
he lumber trade and the fisheries, 
fhe road across the island passes 
•ver high grounds, afibrding aii 
xtensive view of the bay, with its 
lumerous islands, and the adja- 
ent coast. 41 m. P2NE. Machias, 
^ ENE. Portland. 60 SW. 8t,' 



CO. Ms. 18 W. Boston. Pop. 962, 
East town, t. Chester co. Pa, 
Pop. 618. 

East Union, t. Wayne co. Ohio, 
6 m. E. Wooster. Pop. 787. 

East JVi7idsor, p-t. Hartford co. 
Ct. on the E. side of Cormecticut 
river, 8 m. N. Hartford. Pop. 
3,400. It has 4 churches, Tlio 
distillery of gin here is probably 
the largest in the U. States. 

Eaton, p-t. Strafford co. NIL 71 
m. NE. Concord. Pop. 1,071. 

Eaton, p-t. Madison co. NY. 3a 
m. SW. Utica. Pop. 3,021. 

Eaton, t, Luzerne co. Pa. Pop. 
478. 

Eaton, p-t. and cap. Preble co. 
O. on the St. Clair, 90 W. Colum- 
bus. Pop. 255. Here is a print- 
ing-office. 

Eaton's neck, in Huntington, L. 
Island, where is a light-house. 

Eatonton, p-t. and cap. Putnam 
CO. Ga. contains a court-house, 
jail, academy, and church. The 
academy consists of 2 handsome 
two-story buildings, one for males 
and the other for females, and 
has a library and philosophical 
apparatus. The number of stu- 
dents in each department is 50. 
22 m. NW. Milledgeville. 

Ebcnezer, t. Effingham co. Ga. 
on Savannah river> 25 in. N. Sa- 
vannah. 
FMnsb^irs:^ ^-t. and f'Jin. Cfim- 



EDI 



H6 



bria co. Pa. on the Conemaiigh,]6 m. SE. 



K G G 
Ravenna. 



75 m. E. Pittsburg. Pop. 168. 



Pop. 11- 



Edisto, or Ponpon^ r. SC. en- 



Economy, settlement of thejters the ocean on each side of E- 
Harmonists, Pa. on the Ohio, 18 disto island, and i.s navijrable for 



m. fr. Pittsburgh. Ir'op. 700 

Eddington, t. Penobscot co. 
Me. on the Penobscot. 5 m. E. 
Bangor. Pop. 271. 

EddyviUe, p-t. and cap. Cald- 
well CO. Ky. on Cumberland river. 

Eden, p-t. Hancock co. Me. 38 
m. E. Castine. Pop. 764. 

Eden, t. Orleans co. Vt. 30 m. 
N. Montpelier. Pop. 201. 

EdeJi, t. Erie co. NY. 23 m. S. 
Buffalo. Pop. 1,065. 

Edenton, port of entry, p-t. and 
cap. Chowan co. NC. at the head 
of a bay, on the N. side of Albe- 
marle sound, near the mouth of 
Chowan river, 77 m. SSW. Nor- 
folk, 85 NNE. Newbern. Lat. 36° 
6' N. It contaiiis a court-house, 
jail, bank, acadsmv, and 2 church- 
es. Shipping in 1815, 6,076 tons. 

Edgar Ion, p-t. port of entry 
and cap. Duke's co. Ms. on the E. 
side of the island of Martha's 
Vineyard, with a good harbour, 14 
m. from the main, 100 SSE. Bos- 



large boats 100 miles. 

Edisto Island, SC. 40 m. SW. 
Charleston, with which it is con- 
nected by a good inland naviga- 
tion. It is separated from Wad- 
malaw and John's islands, by 
North Edisto inlet, and is 12 miles 
long, and trom 1 to 5 broad. Pop. 
in 1818, 236 whites, 2,600 slaves. 
Here are 2 churches, 1 for Pres- 
byterians and 1 for Episcopalians. 

Edmeston, p-t. Otsego co. NY. 
18 m. W. Cooperst'n. Pop. 1,841. 

Edwards, co. 111. on the Wa- 
bash. Pop. 3,444. Chief t. Pal- 
myra. 

Edwardsville, p-t. and cap. 
Madison co. 111. on a branch of 
the Cahokia, 22 m. NE. St. Louis, 
50 ESE. Vanualia. Lat. 38° 50' 
N. Lou. 89° 55' W. It contains 
a court-house, jail, brick market, 
bank, land-office, and printing- 
office. 

Eel river. In. runs SW. and 
falls into the Wabash, 200 m. 



ton. Lon. 70° 26' W. Lat. 41"^! above Vincennes. 



25' N. Pop. 1,374. Shipping in 
1815, 993 tons. 

Edgecombe, p-t. Lincoln co. Me. 
on Sheepscot river, opposite Wis- 
casset. Pop. 1,629. 

Edgecombe, co. NC. Pop. 
13,276. Slaves 5,745. Chief t. 
Tarborough. 

Edgejidd, district, SC. Pop. 
25,119. Slaves 12,198. 

Edgemont, p-t. Delaware co. 
Pa. Pop. eio. 

Edinburgh, p-t. Saratoga co. 
NY. 30 m. NW. Ballston Spa. 50 
fr. Albany. Pop. 1,469. 

Edinburg, t. Elbert co. Ga. on 
Savannah river. 



EJfingham, t. Strafford co. NH. 
43 m. NE. Concord. Pop. 1,36S. 
Here is an academy. 

Effingham, co. Ga. Pop. 3,018. 
Slaves 1,347. Chief t. Springfield. 

Eggharbour, Great, inlet and 
river, NJ. in lat. 39° 22' N. The 
river is navigable 20 miles for ves- 
sels of 200 tons. 

Eggharbour^ Great, seaport 
and port of entry, Gloucester co. 
NJ. at the mouth of Eggharbour 
river, 60 m. from Philadelphia. 
Pop. 1,635. Shipping in 1815, 
3,569 tons. 

Eggharbour, Little^ inlet, NJ. 

Eggharbour, Little, or Clam- 



Edi'nbv.rg, t. Portage co. 0.'/oir«. seaport, and port of entr v. 



J;: L .[ S7 

Burlington co. NJ. on the above iIV 
N. Great Eggliarbour. Pop 



Shipping in 1815, 1,618 



17 m. 
1,102 
tons. 

Egremont, p-t. Berkshire co. 
Ms. 15 m. SSW. Lenox. Pop. 865. 

Elha, p-t. Genesee co. NY. 
Poo. 1,333. 6 m. N. Batavia. 

klbert, CO. Ga. Pop. 11,788. 
Slave.s 5,159. 

Elberton^ p-t. and cap. Elbert 
CO. Ga. on Savannah river, 23 m. 
NW. Petersburg. 73 from Mii- 
ledgeville. Pop. 122. 

Elherton, t. EffingJiam co. Ga. 
on the Ogechee. 48 NW. Savan- 
nah. 

Elbridgc, p-v. Onondaga co. 
NY. 2 m. S. of the canal. 

Eldridge, p-t. Huron co. Ohio. 
Fop. 376. 

Eleven-pointy a branch of White 
river. Mo. 

, Elizabeth^ p-t. Alleghany co. 
Pa. on the Monongahela, 18 m. 
SS£. Pittsburg. Fop. 2,493. 

Elizabeth, p-t. cap. Callaway 
CO. Mo. 14 m. NE. Cote sans Des- 
»ein. 

Elizabeth, r. Va. flov/s into 
Hampton Roads. It is from 150 
to 200 fathoms wide, and at com- 
mon floods has 18 feet water to 
Norfolk. 

Elizabeth, t. Lawrence co. O. 
Pop. 295. t. Miami co. Pop. 768. 

Elizabeth city, co. Va. Pop. 
3,789. Slaves 1,643. Chief t. 
ifampton. 

Elizabeth city, p-t. and cap. 
Pasquotank co. NC. on Pasquo- 
tank river, 40 m. NE. Edenton, 
50 S. Norfolk, with which it has a 
water communication by the ca 
nal. It contains a court-house 
jail, and 4 churches, 2 for Bap 
tists, 1 for Methodists, and 1 foi 
Quakers. 



E L I 
Ms. between Martha's vineyard 
and the main land. Lon. 70° 38' 
—70° 56' W. Lat. 4P24'--4P32' 
N. They are about 16 in num- 
ber, the principal of which are 
Nashawn, Pasqui, Nashawenua, 
Pinequese, and Cuttyhunk. 

Elizabethtonm, p-t. and cap. 
Essex CO. NY. The village of 
Elizabethtown or Pleasant Val- 
ley, stands on Bouquet's creek, 
a fine mill stream, at the bot- 
tom of a deep valley environed by 
mountains; the Glant-of-the-val- 
ley a mile to the S W. rises to the 
height of 1,200 feet and com- 
mands an extensive view of Lake 
Champlain and the adjacent coun- 
try. The village is built upon 
both sides of the creek and upon 
a handsome plain on its left bank, 
and contains a court-house, jail, 
state arsenal, and printing-office. 
The mountains yield abundance 
of iron ore ; there are in this town 
5 ore beds and 6 forges. 16 m. W. 
Essex, 35 S. Plattsburgh, 126 N. 
Albany. Pop. 889. 

Elizabethtown, p-t. and bor. 
Essex CO. NJ. 6 m. S. Newark. 17 
NE.Nev/ Brunswick, 15 WSW. 
New York. Lon. 74° 12' W. 
Lat. 40° 38' N. Pop. 3,515. It is 
pleasantly situated on a creek, 
emptying itself into Staten island • 
sound, a)id contains a market, 
bank, academy, and 4 churches, 
2 for Presbyterians, 1 for Episco- 
palians, and 1 for Methodists. 
Vessels of 20 or 30 tons come up 
to the town, and those of 200 or 
300 tons come as far as Elizabeth- 
tOAvn Point at tjie mouth of the 
creek, 2 miles distant. A steam- 
boat plies between the city of 
New York and the Point. 

Elizabethtoum, p-t. Lancaster 
CO. Pa. 18 m. NW. Lancaster, 80 



.Elizabeth Islands, Dukes co.iW. by N. Philadelphia. Pop. 1928. 



ELL ', 

El'zakethlown. See IlagarsVn. 

Elimbethtown, p-t. and cap, 
Bladen CO. NC. on the NW. branch 
oi'Cape Fear river, 40 m. above 
Wilmington, 55 below Fayette 
villc. 

Klizabethtoxon, p-t. and cap 
Carter co. Ten. 25 m. E. Blounts 
ville. 

Eiizabe'h{ow7i, p-t. and cap. 
Harden co. Ky. 45 m. S. by Vv 
Blounts ville. Pop. in 1810, 181 

Elk, r. Md. falls into the Che 
sapeake at Turkey point. 

Elk, r. Al. joins the Tennessee 
above Muscle Shoals. 

Elk, t. Athens co. O. Pop. 537. 

Elk creek, Pa. falls into the 
Susquchannah, 5 m. below Sun^ 
bury. 

Elk creek, t. Erie co. Pa. Pop 
S38. t. Venango CO. 

Elkhorn, r. Ky. runs into Ken- 
<i;c.]vy river, 8 m. below Frankfort. 

Elkland, t. Lycoming co. Pa 
Pop. 343. p-t. Tioga CO. Pop. 509, 

Elklick, t. Somerset co. Pa 
Fop. 1,637. 

Elkridgc landing, t. A.nne- 
Arundel co. Md. on the S. bank of 
the Patapsco, at the falls, 8 m. 
SV/. Baltimore ; noted for its to- 
bacco called kite's foot. 

Elkrun, t. Columbiana co. O. 
Pop. 1,356. 

Elkton, p-t. and cap. Cecil co. 
Md. at the forks of Elk river, 15 
m. fr. its mor.th, 46 SW. Phila- 
delphia, 56 NE. Baltimore. The 
tide flows up to the town. The 
village is well built, and contains 
a court-house, jail, bank, and 
Methodist church. 

Elkton, p-t. and cap. Todd co. 
Ky. 

'Ellery, p-t. Chatauque co. NY. 
11 m. SE. MayviUe. 

Ellicott, t. Chatauque co. NY. 
:iO m. SE. Mayville. Pup. 1,462. 



J ELL 

Ellicoils, or ElcDen-inile crccifcy 
NY. runs into the Tonnewanta. 

Ellicoitsville. See Sclsertown. 

Ellicoitville, p-t. and cap. Cata- 
raugus CO. NY. stands at the head 
of Great-valley creek, a good mill 
stream, and contains a court- 
house, jail, and land-office. Pop. 
319. 40 S. Buffalo. 

Ellington, p-t. Tolland co. Ct» 
13 m. NE. Hartford. Pop. 1,196. 

Ellington, t. Chatauque co. NY. 

Elliot, t. York co. Me. Pop. 1679. 

Elliot, a missionary station of 
the American Board of Foreign 
Missions, among the Choctaw In- 
dians, within the chartered limits 
of the state of Mississippi, 3 m. S. 
of Yalo Busha creek, 40 above its 
junction with the Yazoo, 400 
WSW. Brainerd, 145 NE. Wal- 
nut Hills on the Mississippi. Lon. 
8S^ 50' W. Lat. 33^30' N. By 
means of the Yalo Busha, Yazoo, 
and Mississippi, it has a water , 
communication with New Or- 
leans. The mission was com- 
menced in 1818, and receives ' 
|1,000 annually from the United \ 
States treasury. In 1822, the ! 
whole number of the family per- ' 
manently settled here was 21 ; the ; 
scliools, which are conducted on ; 
the Lancasterian plan, contained 
80 scholars, children of the Choc- 
taws, of whom 60 were boys and 
20 girls. The property of the mis- 
sion consisting of 70 acres of ihi- 
proved land, well stocked and 
having convenient buildings, a- 
mounted to $15,490. 

Ellis, r. NH. runs into the Sa- 
co, in Bartlett. 

Ellisburg, p-t. Jefferson co. 
NY. on Lake Ontario. Pop. 3,531, 
A valuable salt spring has been 
recently discovered here, which is 
leased to a company for 10 yejrs. 

Ellsworth^ p-t. Hancock op. 



iVic. 24 m. NE. Castine. Pop. 892. 

Ellsworth, t. Grafton co. NH. 
11 m. NNW. Plymouth. Pop 213. 

Ellsworth, p-v. in Sharon, Ct. 

EllsxDorth, p-t. Trumbull co. 
O. 14 m. S. Warren. Pop. 508. 

Elmira, or JN'^u-fowin, p-t. and 
half shire, Tioga co. NY. The 
village of jNewtown stands on Ti- 
oga river, at the mouth of Elmira 



ay E E 1 

Enfield, p-t. Hartford CO. Ct. cfn 
the E. side of Connecticut river, 
16 m. N. Hartford. Pop. 2,065. 
Here is a settlement of Snakers. 

Enfield, p-t. Tompkins co. KY. 
5 m. W. Ithaca. Pop. 1304. 

English town, p-v. Monmouth 
CO. "^.i. 18 m. E. Princeton. 

English turn, {Detoir des Avg~ 
lois,) a bend of Mississippi river, 



creek. A canal is projected tojv/here are forts, 18 m. above N 



connect Seneca lake with Tioga 

river at this place. 19 m. S. Sene- 

-ca lake, 32 W. Owceo, 16 E. 

Painted Post. Pop. in 1825, r,915. 

Elmore, t. Orleans co. Vt. 17 
m. N. Montpelier. Pop- 157. . 

Elsenhorough, t. Salem co. NJ. 
Pop. 505. 

Elyria, p-t. Cuyahoga co. O. on 
Black river which 'has falls here 
of 46 feet, 9 m. fr. Lake Erie. 
Pop. 174. 

Elyion, p-t. and cap. Jefferson 
Co. Al. 

Embarrass, r. III. joins the 
Wabash, 5 m. below Vincennes. 

Embden, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 
on Kennebec river, 16 m. N. Nor- 
ridgew^ck. Pop. 664. 

Emery'' s r. Ten. runs into 
Clinch river, 7 m. above Kings- 
hon. 

Emmanuel, co. Ga. Pop. 2,928. 
Slaves 367. 

Emmaiis,W\. missionary station 
among the Choctaw^, 140 m. SE. 
Mayhew. 

£/nm2Y;567/ro-,p-v. Frederick co. 
iVIu. 24 m. NE. Fredericktown. 

Enjield, p-t. Grafton co. NH. on 



Orleans, 87 above the Balize. 

Enoree, r. SC. a NW. branch of 
Broad river. 

Enosburg, p-t. Franklin co. Vt. 
35 m. NE. Burlington. Pop. 932. 

E])hrata, or I)unkard''s town, 
p-t. Lancaster co. Pa. on Cocalico, 
a branch of Conestago creek, set- 
tled by a religious sect from Ger- 
many called Dunkers. 12 m. N. 
Lancaster. 



E] ping, y-t.^ Rockinghamco. 
1,558. "' 



NH. 20 m. W. Portsmouth. Pop, 



Ej)som, p-t. Merrimack co. NH. 
12 m. E. Concord. Pop. 1,136. 

Erie, co. NY. sq. m. 950. Pop. 
15,668. Chief t. Buffalo. 

Erie, t. Erie co. NY. 23 m. 
ENE. Buffalo. 

Erie, Co. Pa. Pop. 8,553. 

Erie, or Presqve Isle, p-t. and 
cap. Erie co. Pa. pleasantly situa- 
ted on the S. side of Lake Erie, 
on the margin of a bay formed by 
Presque isle, SO m. SS\V. Buffalo, 
126 N.Pittsburg, 100 E. Cleave- 
land. Pop. 1000. It contains a 
court-house, jail, and printing-of- 
fice. It has an excelleiit harbour ; 



Mascomy pond, a beautiful lake the entrance is narrow and diffi- 
4 miles 'long. Here is a village'cult, but by the improvements 
of 200 Shakers who cAvn about Inow making will have a depth of 



1000 acres of land. Pop. 1370 
12 m. SE. Hanover, 42 N'W. Con- 
cord. 

Enfield, p-t. Hampshire co. Ms. 
K, ofBclrherto-rr? Vo-q. 87-". 
t 



10 feet. 

Erie, p-t. cap. Green co. Al. on 
the Tuscaloosa. 

Erie canal. See Kew-Ycrh. 

Eri". Lol^''. on the boundary be-- 



tvveen the U. S. and Up. Canada. 
It lies between 41° 20' and 43° N. 
lat. and between 79° 50' and 83° 
20' W. Ion. is 290 miles long from 
SW. to NE. ; in the widest part 
(53 broad, and in circumfei'ence 
658 miles. Its surface is 565 feet 
above tide water. It receives the 
waters of Lake Superior, Michi- 
gan, Huron, and Ss. Clair, through 
Detroit river, and discharges it- 
self into Lake Ontario though Ni- 
agara river. 

Erin, t. Tioga co. NY. 12 m. 
NE. Elmira. 

Errol, t. Coos co. NH. 

Escambia, bay and r.Flor. com- 
municate with Pensacola bay. 

Escambia, co. Flor. Chief t. 
Pensacola. 

Esopus, t. Ulstev co. NY. on 
tlie Hudson, 4 m. below Kingston. 
Pop. 1,513. 

Esnjms, creek, Ulster co. NY. 
runs into the Hudson at Sauger- 
ties, 11 m. below Catskill. 

Esperance, or Schoharie bridge, 
p-v. Schoharie co. NY. 26 m. W. 
Albany. 

Essex, CO. Vt. Pop. 3,284. 
Chief t. Guildhall. 

Essex, p-t. Chittenden CO. Vt. 
on Onion river, 8 m.E. Burlington. 
I'op. 1,089. 

Essex, CO. Ms. Pop. 74,655. 
Cliief t. Salem. 

Essex, p-t. Essex co. Ms. on 
Chebacco river, 2 m. fr. its 
mouth, 12 NE. Salem. The river 
is navigable for sloops of 60 tons. 
Here are built the boats called 
Chebacco boats. Pop. 1,108. 

Essex, CO. NY. sq. m. 1763. 
Pop. 12,811. Chief t. Elizabeth- 
town. 

Essex, p-t. Essex co. NY. on 
Lake Champlain. The villafje 



yo J-: X E 

manding a beautiful prospect io 
the E. It contains a congrega- 
tional church, a printing-office, 
several mills, and is favourably 
situated for trade. Here is a fer- 
ry across the lake to Charlotte, 3 
miles. 16 m. E. Elizabethtown. 
Pop. 1125. 

Essex, CO. NJ. Pop. 30,798. 
Chief towns, Newark and Eliza- 
bethtown. 

Essex, CO. Va. Pop.9,909.Slaves 
6,046. Chief t. Tappahannock. 

EHilL co.Ky. Pop. 3507. Slaves 
281. 

EsUlhille,'^-l. cap. Scott co. Va. 

Etna, p-t. Penobscot co. Me. 
Pop. 194. 

Etowah, or Etowee, r. Ga. joins 
the Oostenalah in the Cherokee 
country, to form the Coosa. 

Evans, p-t. Erie co. NY. Pop. 
482. 25 m. S. Buffalo. 

Evanshayn, t.and cap. Wythe co. 
Va. on the E. side of Reedy cree]<, 
a branch of the Kenhawa, 40 m. 
W. Christiansburg, 240 WSW. 
Richmond. 

Evansville, p-t. and cap. Van- 
derburgh CO. In. 

Euclid, p-t. Cuyahoga CO. O. on 
Lake Erie, 8 m. NE. Cleaveland. 
Pop. 809. 

Evesham, p-t. Burlington co. 
NJ. in the forks of Moore's creek, 
16 m. E. Philadelphia. Pop. 3,997. 

Eulalia, t. Potter co. Pa. Pop. 
133. 

Eutaw springs, r. SC. which 
runs into the Santee. Near its 
source a battle was fought inl781, 
which, in effect, terminated the 
war in this state. 

Exeter, p-t. Penobscot co. Me. 
20 m. NW. Bangor. Pop. 582. 

Exeter, p-t. Rockingham co. 
NH. pleasantly situated at the 



stands on the side of a hill rising! head of navigation on Exeter or 
gradi?ally from the lake, and com^' Snuamscot river, a branch of the 



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n 



FAf 



Piscataqua, which is navigable to 
this place for vessels of 500 tons. 
15 m. SW. Portsmouth, 15 NW. 
Newburyport, 50 N. Boston. Pop. 
2,114. It contains a court-house, 
jail, bank, 2 printing-offices, an 
academy, and 3 churches, 2 for 
Congregationalists and 1 for Bap- 
tists. It is well situated for a 
manufacturing town, and has a 
Avoollen and 2 cotton factories, a 
manufactory of ordnance and 
small arms, <fcc. 

Phillips Exeter Academy found- 
ed in this town by the Hon. John 
Phillips, LL. D. in 1781, is the best 
endowed academy in New-Eng- 
land. It has funds to the amount 



of |80,000, a well selected library 
of 700 volumes, and a handsome 
philosophical apparatus. It has a 
principal, a professor of mathema- 
tics and natural philosophy, an as- 
sistant, ajid about 80 students. 
The building is an elegant edifice, 
76 feet by 36, and 2 stories high. 
The funds are appropriated in 
part to the support of indigent 
itudents. 

Exeter, t. Washington co. RI. 
24. SW. Providence. Pop. 2,581. 

Exeter, i)-t. Otsego co. NY. 10 
m. NW. Cooperst'n. Pop. 1,430. 

Exeter, p-t. Luzerne co. Pa. 
Pop. 820.— t. Berks co. Pop. 
1,381. 



F 



Fablus, p-t. Onondaga co. NY. court-house 
20 m. SE. Onondaga. Pop. 2,494. 

Fairfax, t. Kennebec co. Me. 
25 m. N. Augusta. Pop. 1,204. 

Fairfax, p-t. Franklin co.Vt. on 
Lamoil river, 18 m. NE. Burling- 
ton. Pop. 1,359. 

Fairfax, co. Va. Pop. 11,404. 
^aves, 4,673. Chief t. Centre- 
ville. 

Fairfax,^-i. and cap. Culpepper 



academy, and G 
churches, 3 for Congregational- 
ists, 1 for Episcopalians, 1 for 
Baptists, and 1 for Methodists. 
There are four villages within the 
town, Fairfield, Greenfield Hill, 
Green's Farms or Saugatuck, and 
Mill river, and 3 harbours. Black 
Rock, Mill River, and Saugatuck. 
With the exception of New Lon- 
don, Black Rock is the best har- 



co. Va. 40 m. WNW. Fredericks-*bour in the Sound 



burg, 76 fr. Washington. 



ridgewock. Pop. 1,609. 

Fairfield, p-t. Franklin co. Vt. 
27 m. NE. Burlington. Pop. 1,573. 
Here is an academy. 

Fairfield, co. Ct. Pop. 42,739. 

Fairfield, p-t. and port of entry, 
Fairfield co. Ct. is pleasantly situ- 
ated on Long Island Sound, 21 m. 
WSW. New Haven, 54 NE. New 
York, Lon. 73° 15' W. Lat. 41° 8' 
K, Pop. 4-,151. It contains a 



Fairfield, p-t. Herkimer co. NY. 



Fair/ieZ(^, p-t. Somerset CO. Me. jHere is & medical school styled 
on the Kennebec, 9 m. S. Nor-'!' the College of Physicians and 



Jsurgeons,' which has 5 professors 
and about 90 students. The vil- 
lage stands on a high hill and con- 
tains tiie college buildings, an 
academv, and Episcopal church- 
Pop. 2610. 10 ra. NE. Herkimer, 
76 W. Albany. 

Fairfield, t. Cumberland co. NJ, 
on Cohaniy creek, 25 m. E. Sa- 
lem. Pop. 1869. 

Fairfield, t. Crawford ro. Pa. 



]'(>]». .A.j.>. - I. \^ tiaUuorcluiid co 
Pop. 2,052. — [)-i. Adams co. 8 in 
W. (j(!ltyHl)ijrg. 

1'hi.rfu'IJ, dia. S. C. Pop 
17,171. SlavcH 7,74{J. Chiof I 
Moiilicidlo. 

Fairjiddy p-v. Nclbon Co. Ky. 10 ( 
ni. fr. Bairdstown. 

Fairjidd^ co. Ohio. Pop 
lfi,63:i. (Jliitil't. i.;uu;iist(;r. 

FdirJieUl, 7 tovviiH, O. viz. t 
limUirco. i'op. lH07,p-t.— C.jIuiu 
bian!il21{7,—p-t.(.ircoiie,—t. High- 
land 21(K>,—t. JoirorBOii,— t. Lick- 
iri^, — t. 'ruBcaraway, ;M2. 

Fairjidd^ p-t. cap. Way no co.Ili. 

Fairhaven, t. Somcract Co. Mc. 
Pop. 110. 

Fairhuvcri, p-t. Uutlnndco. Vt. 
on Poultciicy river. At the iaii.s 
of the (JaMtit-'toii, a branch ol" 
Poultoncy river, is a Huiall vilhiiro 
wilii a Congrt-'fjatioiial cliurch; 
here arc aluo un extojisivo paper 



J^AL 

Fuirhuvan, v. Gallia co. O. 4 in 
abovo (iallipolin. 

Fuirlce, p-t. ()rang(! co. Vt. on 
('onneclicnt river, .iC> m. above 
Wiiujjjor. Pop. in 1B21, 475. 



t'uirporl, p-t. and ])ort of entry 
Icauga CO. O. on lake Erie, at the 



null and nail factory. In .1783, a 
«;ltan;re took place in. tlu^ IxhI oI 
the river in tliia town, which u; 
worthy of notice. The river for 
inorly passed over a \v</Ji Icdye ol' 
rocks where Hcveral mills were 
erected, but during a freshet, the 
current wore another pasaagc 
through a loo.se ridge of eartlj, to 
the depth ol" 100 feet, leaving the 
former channel dry. In the Jiew 
ihanncl, trees? are e.\poBed lying 
ia a horizontal position, some of 
ihcnj 00 feet below tlx; ])rcsenl 
surface. Th<! earth, which was 
carried olf and dcpo;nteu in East 
bay, at tlus mouth of the nver, ao 
entirely detitroycd tiie navigation 
that a canoe can now scatcidy 
float where there was formerly 
<iep(Ii of water ft)r se.s.st^ls of 40 
ions. 9 m.NE. Whitehall, i'op. 714. 
Fidrhavcn, p-t. liristol co. Ms. 
on Accushni^ river, opposite Nev\' at the falls of the Rappahannock, 



mouth of Grand river, opposile 
I'aineHviile, witit .i good harbour. 
Here Ib a lighthouwe. 

^Fairvinvy p-t. Erie co. Pa. Pop. 
530.— t. York co. J'op. 1,704. 

Fairnkw, t. (Juornaey co. O. 25 
n. E. ('aiubridge. 

Fall river, p-v. Ihistol co. Ms. 
on both sides of I'"all river, at its 
entrance into Mount Hope; bay. 
The river here I'alls 140 feet within 
the course of 100 rods. The vil- 
lage contains !2 churches, 1 for 
('oiigregationalists and 1 for Bap- 
tists, a woollen, and 4 cotton fac- 
tories, iron works, 3 grist-milKs, 
ind 3 saw-mills. Pop. about 1,000. 

Fall creek. See Jlhaca. 

Falling springs, r. Va. a branch 
of Jackdon river, is rcmarkabh; for 
having a pcr})endicular fall of 200 
leel. 

Fallovi/ield, t. Wasliington co. 
Pa. on the IVlouongahela, 25 rij. 
SE. Washington. Poj). 2,020. — 
t. Crawford co. J^op. 742. — Kasl 
F. t. (^liester co. Poj). 857.— AFoi 
F. i. Chester co. Pop. 804. 

Falls, t. Bucks co. i^a. on the 
Delaware, 28 m. NE. I'hiladelphia. 
Poj). 1,880. 

Falls, t. Mtiskiiipum co. O. 
Pop. 1,112.— t. Hocking CO. 1001. 

Falmouth, t. Cumberland co. 
Me. on Casco bay, 5 m. N. Port- 
land. Pop. 1,079. 

Falmouth, s-p. and p-t. Barn- 
stable co. Ms. 19 m. SW. Barnsta- 
ble, 72 S. Bcston. -Pop. 2,370. 

Falmouth, p-t. Stafford co. Va. 



Bedford. I 



ITJ: 



|f>j)pQsitc Fredericksburg, 23 hk 



K A K y.i K A V 

SW. Dumfrifis, 56 SSW. Wash-i above the Burfaco of tho fctrcuiii : 
irigton. Lou. 770 30' W. Lat. 38'"-', thence, through the vilhigc ol* 
38' W. jFarmingtori, to Southington, 

Falmouth, p-t. and cap. Pen- j where the level terminatCH ; 
dleton CO. Ky. on Licking river.;thence throug)i C'heshire and 
Pop. 12L Here is a hank. jHarnden to Nev/ Haven. Theea- 

Fannttshurgk, p-t. Franklin co.'nal is .58 miles long, 20 feet wide 
Pa. Pop. 1,747. j at bottom, 36 at top, and 4 feet 

i^«r77ier, p-v. Seneca CO. NY. {deep; the 'arnoiint of lockage in 

Farmersvilk, p-t. CataraijguH,21B feet, all of which is descend- 
co. NV. 15 m. NK. Ellicottville. jing from the ponds. The canal 

Farming^ifjn,t>-i. Kennebec co. lis chiefly supplied with water by 
Me. 30 m. fS. .■XuguHta. Pop., a fee<\<tr, 3 milf;s long, leading 
1,983. Here is an academy. jfrorn P'armington nver to the 

FarraingUm, p-t. Strartord co. aqueduct; the feeder i.s of the 
NH. 26 ra. NW. Portsmouth. Pop. {same dimensionfi with the canal, 
1,716. |and forms part of a branch canal, 

Farmington, p-t. Hartford co.jl5 rnile.s long, which Ih to extend 
Ct. on F'armington river, 10 rn.lto New Hartford. The e.stiniated 
W. Hartford, .30 N. New Haven. jexpenHe of the Parraington canal 
Pop. 3,042. It contains 3 church-jis ^420,0 JO. 1 he excavation was 
C8, 2 for Congregationalista, and l! begun in .September 1825, and the 
for BaptiHt.s. canal will probably be finished in 

Farrningtonriver^rhf'.Hin MaH.«.!l827. it is expected that thi« ca- 
and runs SE. to Parmington, Ct.'nal will be continued to North- 
where, meeting with mountains, larnpton, on (Connecticut river, a 
it turns N. and after running 15 m.jdittance of 28 miles N. from 
is joined by Salmon river ; it then'Southwick, by the citizens of 
turns again to the HK. breaking! Massachusetts, 
through the mountains, and hasi Farmingtoa, p-t, Ontario co. 
a cataract of 150 feet, after whichjNV. b rn. N. Canandaigua, I'op. 
it is called VVindiior river, and 2,000. 

joins the Connecticut 4 m. above| Farmington, p-t. Trumbull co. 
Hartford. jO. 12 m. NVV. Warren, Pop. 

Farminginn canal, Ct. extends 368. 
across the state from South wick; Farmville, p-v. Prince Edward 
ponds on the S. boundary, tothejco. Va. on the Appomalox. 
tide waters at New Haven. The; f'afe, t. Clermont co. O. IV^o. 
route is as follows: — Beginning 1,775. 

in the ponds it preserves thss level; P^iur/uier, co. Va. Pop. 23,103. 
4 miles, passing through Granby,iSiaves 11,167. Cliief t. Warrent'n. 
and then descends by 6 locks 38' Fav}cetitot/ra, t. Columbiana co. 
feet to the Farrnington level : on,0. on the Oliio, 15 m. SE. Nev/ 
this level, which continues 27 Lisbon. 

miles, it crosses Salmon brook by I Fuvm, p-t. York co. Pa. Pojj. 
a culvert ; thence passes through 803. 

frimsbury, Northingtoa parish,! Fayette, p-t. Kennebec co. Me. 
over Farrnington river, by an a- i20 m. W. Augusta. Pop. 828. 
"Uf:duct 280 feet loag, and 34 feet i Faytite. t. Seneca <'0. NV. on. 
12 



1 ■ A \ 
6 m. E. 



Pop 27,285. 
Pa. 



!4 1' 1 K 

Ueueva. and not fertile, except ou tlie wa^ 
ter courses. 

Fayeitevilk, p-t. and cap. Lin- 
coln CO. Ten. on Elk river, 30 m. 
N. Huntsville, 80 S. Nashville. 
The public buildings are a court- 
house, bank, academy, and 
church. 

Fnyston, t. Washington co. \t. 
16 SW. Montpelier. Pop. 253. 

Fearing, t. Washington co. O:. 
4 m. N. Marietta. Pop. 811. 

Federal Pointy NC. near New 
Inlet, 80 m. S. Cjipe Lookout. 

Federalsburg, p-v. Dorchestci 
and Caroline cos. Md. on Marshy 
hope creek, 20 m. NE. Cambridge 

Feliciana, co. La. Pop. 12,732. 
Slaves 7,164. Chief t. St.Francis- 
ville. 

FeWs point. See Baltimore. 

Fenner, p-t. Madison co. NY. 12' 
m. NW. Morrisville. 

Fenton, t. Missouri, oh the 
W. bank of the Merrimack, 15 m. 
SW. St. Louis. 

Ferdinand^ X. Essex co. Vt. 

Ferg^ison, t. Centre co. Pa.. 
Pop. 1,189. 

Fermanagh^ t. Mifflin co. Pa- 
Pop. 2,529. s 

Fernandina, seaport and p-t. 
Amelia Island, Florida. 

Ferrisburg, t. Addison co. Vt. 
on Lake Champlain, at the mouth 
cotton, wheat, staves, naval jof Otter creek, 19 m. S. Burling- 
stores, and other produce, are ton. Pop. 1,581. 
brought to this place, and carried! Fincastle, or Monroe, p-t. and 
down the river to Wilmington, iu cap. Botetourt co. Va. on Cata- 
boats containing each about 120 baw creek, which runs into James 



Veneca lake. 
Pop. 2,869. 

Fayettf, co. Pa 
Chief t. Jnion. 

Fayette, t. Alleghany co 
Pop. 2,000. 

Fayette, CO. Ga. Chief t. Fay- 
ctteville. 

Fayette, co. Ky. Pop. 17,901. 
Slaves 7,633. Chief t. Lexington. 

Fayette, co. O. Pop. 6>16. 
Chief t. AVashington. 
- Fayette, t. Callia co. Ohio. 
— t. Lawrence co. Pop. 436. 

Fayette, co. In. Pop. 5,950. 

Fayette, co. 111. Pop. about 
1,500. Chief t.Vandalia. 

Fayttte, p-t. cap. Howard co. 
Mo. 

Fayetteville, p-t. and cap. Cum- 
berland CO. NC. 60 m. S. Raleigh, 
95 NNW. Wilmington, 159 NE. 
Columbia. Lon. 79^^58' W. Lat. 
'35"^ 3 N. It is advantageously si- 
tuated near the W. bank of Cape 
Fear river, which is navigated by 
fateam-boats to this place. The 
river is here crossed by a hand- 
some bridge, 1,100 feet in length. 
Tlie town is regularly laid out, 
and contains a court-house, aca- 
demy, 3 banks, 2 printing-offices, 
and 3 churches. The inhabitants 
are principally Scotch Higliiand- 
crs. Large quantities of tobacco. 



I 



barrels. Fayetteville is one of 
the most flourishing commercial 
towns in the State. Its growth 
has been very rapid, but has re- 
ceived some severe checks from 
fire. The inhabitants now begin 
to use brick for building. The 
country in the immediate vicinity 
is elevated ; the soil is dry, sandy, 



river a few miles below ; 36 ni. 
E. Lexington, Ky. 175 W. Rich- 
mond. 

Finley, t. Washington co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,967. 

Fire-lands, a tract of country, 
Ohio, which includes the 5 west- 
ernmost ranges of townships i)i; 
the Connetticut reseinr. 



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First Moony t. Beaver co. Pa.lPoughkeepsie, 65 N. New York. 
Pop. 1,035. Fishkill, mts. See Matteawan. 



Fishersjield, p-t. Merrimack co. 
NH. 35 m. W. Concord. Pop. 
874. 

Fisher's Island, NY. in L. Isl- 
and sound, 5 m. SW. Stonington. 

Fishing bay, Md. on the eastern 
shore of the Chesapeake. 

Fishing creek, t. Columbia co. 
Pa. on the Susquehannah. Pop. 
502. 

Fishkill, NY. a branch of Wood 
»creek. 

Fishkill, NY. the outlet of Sa- 
ratoga lake, joins Hudson river at 
Schuylerville. On the banks of 



FUchbvrgh, p-t. Worcester co. 
Ms. on Nashua river, 25 m. N. 
Worcester. Pop. 1,736. 

Fiichville, t. Huron co. Ohio, 
Pop. 1,56. 

Fitzwilliam, p-t. Cheshire co. 
NH. 13 ra. SE. Keene. Pop. 1,167. 

Fiatbush, p-t. and cap. Kings 
CO. NY. on Long Island, 5 m. S. 
New York. Pop. in 1825, 1,049. 
The public buildings are a court- 
house, a Dutch Reformed church, 
and a flourishing academy called 
Erasmus Hail, which has about 90 
students. A battle was fought 



this creek the British army underjnear this town, 27th August, 1776, 
General Burgoyne surrendered to in which the Americans were de- 
General Gates,' Oct. 17th, 1777. feated by the British with great 

Fishkill^ p-t. Dutchess co. NY. 'loss. 
on the Hudson, opposite New-j F/af/ajic?*, t. Kings co. NY. 2 m. 
burgh. The village of Fishkill |S. Flatbush. Pop. 51;" 



stands on the plains,5 m. E. of the 
river, and contains a post-office, 
2 churches, and about sixty dwell- 
ing-houses. The village of Fish- 
kill-landing, on the river, is a 
place of considerable trade ; here 
is a post-office and a Dutch Re- 
formed church. The village of 
Matteawan stands about a mile to 
the S. on the Fishkill, a fine mill- 
stream. Here are the Matte- 
awan cotton factory, one 
the largest in the state, contain- 
ning two thousand spindles, fifty 
looms, &c. and producing an- 
nually about 500,000 yards of 
cloth ; an extensive flouring mill ; 
and 2 m. above, on the same 
stream, the Glenham woollen fac- 
tory, for the manufacture of su- 
perfine blue and black cloths. 
The other settlements in this 
town are the Upper landing, Low 
Point or Carthage landing, Hope- 
well, New Hackensack, and Mid- 
4lf^u-sh. Pop. 6,-e40. 14 m. 6. 



Cayuga CO. NY. 4 m. 

Pop. 12,136. 

and cap. 



Fleming, t. 
S. Auburn. 

Flcmins;, co. Ky. 
Slaves 1,144. 

Fleniingsburg, p-t. 
Fleming co. Ky. 

Flemington, p-t. Hunterdon Co. 
NJ. 23 m. NNW. Trenton. 

Fletcher, t. Franklin co. Vt. 22 
m. NE. Burlington. Pop. 497. 

Flint, r. NY. joins Canandaigua 
of river in Phelps. 

' Flint, r. Ga. rises in N. lat. 33^ 
40' and running SW. by S. 300 
miles, joins the Chatahoochee to 
form the Appalachicola. 

Florence, p-t. Oneida co. NY. 
20 m. NW. Rome. Pop. 640. 

Florence, p-t. and cap. Lauder- 
dale CO. Al. on the N. bank of the 
Tennessee, at the foot of the Mus- 
cle shoals, and on the road from 
Nashville to New Orleans. It was 
laid out in 1813, on an elevated 
plain, 100 feet above the river, 
and IB well supplied with water. 



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It nes opposite a fine island in the [stream cause many shipvvrecks 
river, between which and the ion this part of the coast, furnish- 
<own is the usual channel forjing employment for the Bahama 
boats, and is one mile above the wreckers. To avoid the long and 
mouth of Cypress creek, which dangerous navigation round the 
affords a good harbour. 60 peninsula, it is proposed to 6on- 



m. N. by E. Cotton-gin-port. Pop 
S82. 

Florence^ p-t. Huron co. Ohio, 
Pop. 405. 

Florida^ p-t. Berkshire co. Ms. 
30 NNE. Lenox. Pop. 431. 

Florida^ p-v. Orange co. NY. 
a m. S. Goshen. 

Florida^ p-t. Montgomery co. 
NY. on the Mohawk, 11. m. S. 
Johnstown. Pop. 2,743. 

Florida^ a territory of the U. 
States, bounded N. by Alabama 
and Georgia, E. by the Atlantic, 
S. and W. by the t^ulf of Mexico. 
It is about 350 miles long and 240 
wide, and the number of square 
miles is estimated at 50,000. It 
lies between 25^ and 31° N. lat. 
.ind between 80o 30' and 87° 20' 
AV. Ion. The surface of Florida 
is in general, level, and not much 
elevated above the sea. It is in- 
Icrsected by numerous ponds, 
lakes, and rivers, particularly the 
St. John's river, which runs 
through nearly the whole lengtli 
of the peninsula from S. to N. 
The southern part of the penin- 
sula is a mere marsh, and termi- 



nect St. John's river with the 
Suwanne, a navigable river of the 
gulf of Mexico. The soil of Flo- 
rida is in some parts, especially 
on the banks of the rivers, equal 
to any in the world. The pro- 
ductions are coffee, sugar, corn, 
rice, potatoes, cotton, hemp, 
olives, oranges, and other tropical 
fruits. 

Florida was ceded to the U. 
States in 1821. The number of 
white inhabitants at that period 
did not exceed 15,000; the whole 
population in 1825 was estimated 
to be not far from 50,000. Chief 

Tuscaloosa. 

Florissant, or St. Ferdinand, t. 
St. Louis CO. Mo. on the Missouri 
16 m. N. St. Louis. Pop. 300. 

Flougherfy^s creek, Va. joins 
the Yioughiogony. 

Floyd, t. Oneida co. NY. 6 m. 
NE. Rome. Pop. 1,498. 

Floyd, CO. Ky. Pop. 8,207. 
Slaves 197, Chief t. Prestonville. 

Floyd, CO. In. Pop. 2,776. 

Flushing, t. Queens co. NY. 
on L. Island, 15 m. E. New York. 
Pop. 2,363. The village stands 



nates at Cape Sable in heaps of|On a bay of L. Island sound and 
sharp rocks interspersed with a 
eeattercd growth of shrubby 
pines. The Gulf stream setting 
along the coast has here worn 
away the land forming those isl- 
ands, keys, and rocks, known by 
the general name of Martyrs and 
Pinerais, and by the Spaniards 
called Cayos, between which and 
the main land is a navigable chan- 
nel. The eddies which set to-jW. end of Lake Superior, 
>vards the shore from the Gulfj Forbes' jiicrchasc, Florida 



has considerable trade. Flushing 
is the summer residence of many 
genteel families from the city of 
New York. 

Fhishing, p-t. Belmont co. O. 
12 W. St. Clairsville. Pop. 1,197. 

Fluvanna. See James river. 

Fluvanna, co. Va. Pop. 6,704. 
Slaves 3,206. Chief t. Columbia. 

Fond du Lac, a large bay at the 



K O it 

'''"{jiudes nearly the whole of the 
country between the Apalachico 
la and the 0-ke-loch-onne rivers. 
Foresterton, v. Burlington eo 
NJ. 15 ni. E. Philadelphia. 

Forked deer, r. Tea, runs into 
the Mississippi. 

Forks, t. Northampton co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,659. 
Fort Adams. See Lofius heights. 
Fort Anne, p-t. "Waishington co. 
NY. derives its name from the 
fort erected here in the French 
wars, which stood at the head of 
batteaux navigation on Wood 
creek. The village of Fort Anne 
stands near the site of the fort, on 
the Champlain canal. 11 m. S. 
Whitehall, 10 N. Sandyhill. Pop. 
in 1825, 3,020. 

Fort Arrastrong, U. S. military 
post, on Rock island, at the foot of 
rapids in the Mississippi, 400 m. 
above St. Louis. 

Fort Chartres, ancient fort, 111. 
built by the F'rench at great ex- 
pense ; the ruins still remain. 20 
m. fr. Kaskaskia. 

Fort Covington, p-t. Franklin 
CO. NY. on the St. Lawrence at 
the mouth of Salmon cre?k, 15 m. 
JVW. Malone. Pop. 979. 

Fort Dearborn, military post of 
the U. S. on the S. side of Chicago 
river, half a mile from its entrance 
into lake Michigan, 20 m. fr. the 
S. end of the lake, 220 fr. Fort 
Howard. Lat. 4P 53' 11" N. It 
is on a tract of land, 6 miles 
square, relinquished by the Pota- 
wattamy Indians to the U. S. 
Here are a few families of French, 
and Indians. 

Fort Defiance, p-t. and cap. 
W^illiams co. ©hio, at the junc- 



co 

lion of the Auglaize and Maumee ..__ 

50 m. SW. Fort Meigs, 16 N. Fort from its mouth 
Brown. son. 

fyiri Kiwardj p-U Wafshiagton! Fort Jork^oTi-, p-t. Montjspmery 



.7 F O R 

CO. NY. on the Hudson, near tlic 
great bend. The old fort, which 
gives name to the town, was built 
by the Americans in 1755 and was 
r;n important military post con- 
trolling the comvnunication be- 
tAveen the Hudson, lake Cham- 
plain, and lake George. This 
place is the depot for the lum - 
ber v/liich is rafted down the ri- 
ver. The village contains about 
40 houses, and is built upon a low 
{Aain, on the Champlain canal 
which is here connected with the 
Hudson, A dam is erected across 
the river at this place, for the pur- 
pose of supplying the canal with 
water by means of a feeder which 
is half a mile in length ; the dam 
is 900 feet long and 30 feet high. 
Pop. 1,631. 2 m. S. Sandyhill, 16 
fr. Caldwell, 22 fr. W' hitehall. 

Fort Edwards, fort. 111. on the 
Mississippi at the foot of the Des 
Moines rapids. 

Fori Finley, p-t. cap. Hancock 
CO. O. 

Fort George, isl. Flor. at the 
mouth of St. John's river. 

Fort Gratiot, t. and cap. St. 
Clair CO. Mich, at the outlet of 
Lake Huron. 

Fort Harmar. See Marietta. 
Fort Harrison, In. on the Wa- 
bash 3 m. above Terre Haute. 

Fort Hawkins, p-t. Bibb co. 
Ga. on the Oakmulgee, 80 m. W. 
Milledgeville. 

Fort Howard, U. States milita- 
ry post, Michigan, at tlic moutu 
of Fox river, 184 m. SW^ Macki- 
naw, 220 N. Chicago, 360 by Vox 
and Oaisconsin rivers to Prairie 
du Chien. The fort is built of 
3tone,on a beautiful rising ground, 
on the S. side of the river, 3 m. 
Here is a garrif 



K O W fta F K A 

o. Al. in the forks of Alabama] NY. on the Oswegatchie, 3G hl. 

Offdensburwh. Fop. 605. 

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nver. 

Fort Lawrence^ Ga. on Flint 
river, 31 m. S. Fort Hawkins. 

Fori Laramie, O. on the Miami, 
Lon. 88° 17' W.Lat. 40° 16' N. 

Fort Massac, t. Johnson co. 



Fowler, t. Trumbull co. O 
m. NE. V/arren. Pop. 410. 

Fox, t. Columbiana co. Ohio 
Pop. 264. 

Fox, or Outascaviis, Indians, OC' 



111. on the Ohio, 38 
mouth. 

Fort Meigs, p-t. Wood co. O. 
on the Maumee, near its mouth, 
70 m. S. Detroit. 

Fort Miller, p-v. Washington 
CO. NY. on the Hudson which 
here has falls. There is a canal 
joundthe fails, aiid a dam acrosslBay. From the mouth of the 
the river for the purpose of sup- river, for about 20 miles, there are 
plying the canal with water, llisome obstructions in the navijra- 
m. S. Sandyhill. 

Fort Monroe. See Pt. Comfort. 

Fort St. PhiUp, La. on the Mi 
sissippi, 30 m. above the Balize. 



from itslcupying both banks ol'the Missis- 
sippi between Prairie du Chien 
and Rock river.. They number 
about 400 souls. 

Fox, or Dcs Page, r. 111. joins 

the Illinois, above the great bend. 

Fox, a large r. Michigan, which 

falls into the SW. end of Green 



Fort Smith, or Belle Point, U.S. 
fort, and cap. Crawford co. Ark. 
on the Arkansas, which is navi- 
gated by steam-boats to this place 
500 m. from its mouth. The fort 
fetands upon a fine eaiincnce 50 
feet high, on the S. bank of the 
river immediately above the junc- 
tion of the Poteau. Here is a 
garrison. 250 m. S. Osage fort. 
Lon. 94° 21' W. Lat. 34^ 50' N. 

Fort Stoddert, p-t. Washington 
CO. Al. on the Mobile, at the head 
of sloop navigation, 44 m. fr. its 
mouth. 

Fort Strother, St. Clair co. Al. 
on the Coosa, 107 N. Fort Jack- 
son. 

Fort Wayne, p-v. Randolph co. 
In. on the S. bank of the Maumee, 
at the confluence of its two 
branches. 

Foster, p-t. Providence co, RI. 
15 m. W. Providence. Pop. 2,900. 

Fourche a Cado, t. Ark. on a 
branch of the Wachita. 

^civkr, p-t. St. I/awrencc co. 



tion, but boats surmount these, 
and ascend to the portage 180- 
miles. The portage between Fox 
and Ouisconsin rivers is a mile 
and three quarters, over a level 
prairie, which is sometimes inun- 
dated, and passed in boats. Fox 
river, in its course, expands into 
many large lakes, the largest of 
which is the Winnebago. In some 
of theee lakes, and in many parts 
of the channel of the river, wild 
rice abounds. Several villages of 
the Winnebago Indians ara scat- 
tered along the banks of the river. 
The mouth of the river is 400 
yards wide and 3 fathoms deep. 
The N. fork of Fox river, and also 
the Loup, one of its northern 
branches, are connected by short 
portages, witli the rivers of Lake 
Superior. 

Foxborofugh, p-t. Norfolk co. 
Ms. 15 m. SW. Dedham, 26 SSW. 
Boston. Pop. 1,004. 

Foxcrofi, p-t. Penobscot co. 
Me. 35 m. NW. Bangor. Pop. 211. 

Framingham, p-t. Middlesex co. 
Ms. 22 m. WSW. Boston. Pop. 
2,037. 

Frffncesfan'Ti. p-t. Hillsboro'Co. 



F k A U9 

WH. on Contoocock river. 20 SW. 
Concord. Fop. 1,479. 

Franconia, p-t. (irafton co. 
NH. 14 m. NE. Haverhill. Pop. 
37.S. There are two manufac- 
tories of iron in the NW. part of 
this town, on a branch of the 
Ammonoosuck river. The N. 
Hampshire Iron-Factory Compa- 
ny was incorporated in 1805, and 
is composed principally of gentle- 
men in Boston and Salem. Their 
establishment is extensive, con- 
sisting of a blast furnace, an air 
furnace, a steel furnace, a forge 
and a trip-hammer shop. About 
12 or 15 tons of iron are made in 
a week. The ore is uncommonly 
rich, yielding from 56 to 63 per 
cent. ; it is obtained from a moun- 
tain about 3 m. from the furnace, 
but is nOw 200 feet below the sur- 
face and the veins lessen. In the 
vicinity is a large bed of coal be- 
longing to the company. The 
other factory belonging to the 
Haverhill and Franconia Compa- 
ny is not extensive. 

Franconia, t. Montgomery co. 
Pa. Pop. 847. 

Frankford, t. Sussex co. NJ. 
Pop. 2,008. 

Frankfordy p-t. Philadelphia 
CO. Pa. 5 m. NE. Philadelphia. 
Pop. 1 ,405. Here are 2 cliurches, 
1 Episcopal and 1 Lutheran, and 
an Asylum for the Insane, sup- 
ported by the society of Friends, 
which has a spacious and commo- 
dious bnilding. 

Frankford, t, Cumberland co. 
Pa. Pop. 1,274. 

Frankford, t. Hampshire co. 
Va. 13 m. NW. Romney. 

Frankfort, p-t. Hancock co. 
Me. on the W. side of the Penob- 
scot, at the head of navigation; 
26 ra. N. Castinc, 12 S. Bangor. 
Pop. 2,127. 



F R A 

Frankfort, p-t. Herkimer «?<>. 
NY. on the Erie canal, 8 m. "VV, 
Herkimer. Pop. 1,860. 

Frankfort, p-t. Franklin co. 
Ky. and cap. of the state, is regu- 
larly laid out on the E. side of 
Kentucky river, 60 m. above its 
confluence with the Ohio, 22 
VVNW. Lexington, 51 E. Louis- 
ville, 102 SSW. Cincinnati. Lon. 
84° 40' W. I,at. 380 1.5' n. It 
contains a state-house, 86 feet by 
54 ; a court-house, a penitentiary, 
containing from 70 to 100 con- 
victs -, a jail, bank, academy, mar- 
ket-house, theatre, 3 printing- 
ofiices, 2 churches, and several 
rope- walks, and other manufacto- 
ries. 

The site of the town is a scrai- 
cifcular alluvial plain, from 150 to 
200 feet lower than the table land 
its rear. The river is here 
about 80 yards wide, and after 
heavy rains, frequently rises 60 
feet. Opposite Frankfort and 
cojinected with it by a bridge, is 
South Frankfort, which is rapidly 
increasing. Steam-boats of 300 
tons come up the river as far as 
this place, when the water is high, 
and most of the foreign goods 
consumed in Kentucky are land- 
ed here, or at Louisville. Pop. 
1,679. 

Frankfort, t. Guernsey co. O. 
15 m. E. Cambridge. 

Frankfort, p-t. cap. Franklin 
CO. III. 

Franklin, co. Vt. sq. m. 730.v 
Pop. 1 7,192. Chief t. St. Albans. 

Franklin, p-t. Franklin co. Vt, 
36 NE. Burlington. Pop. 631. 

Franklin, co. Ms. Pop. 29,268. 
Chief t. Greenfield. 

Franklin, p-t. Norfolk co. Ms. 
26 SW. Boston. Pop. 1,630. 

Franklin, p-t. New London cd. 
Ct. Pop. 1,161. 



J^ K A 

Vfu'uUJn, CO. NY. pq. m, 1,506 

Top. in '25, 8078. Chielt.Malone- 

Frankliii, p-t. Delaware co. NY 

tin the Susquehannah. 13 m. N. 

Delhi. Pop. 2,481. 

Franklin, t. Somerset co. NJ. 
Foj). 3,701. t. Bergen co. 2,968. 
t. (jloucester CO. 1,137. 

Frnnklin, CO. Pa. Pop. 31,892. 
Chief t. Chainbersburg. 

Franklin, p-t. and cap. Venan- 
go CO. Pa. at the junction of 
Prench creek Avitli the Alleghany, 
TO m. N. Pittsburg. Pop. 252. 

Franklin, 8 other towns. Pa. 

viz. t. Adams co. Pop. 1,456. t. 

Bradford, 297. t. Fayette, 1,749. 

f. Franklin, 2,405. t. Greene, 

1,591. t. Huntington, 870. t. 

^Westmoreland, 1,757. t. York, 

5^73. 

Fh-anklin college. See Lanca.sier. 

Franklin, co . Va. Pop. 1 2,01 7. 

Slaves 3,747. Ch'ft. Ro«ky Mount. 

Franklin, t. iVndleton co. Va. 

on the S. branch of the Potomac, 

40 m. SW. Moorfields. 

Frankli7i, co. NC. Pop. 9,741. 

Slaves 4,709. Chief t. Lewisburg. 

Franklin, co. Ga. Pop. 9,040. 

Slaves 1,773. Chief t.CarnesviUe. 

Franklin, co. Al. Pop. 4,988. 

^Inves 1,667. 

Franklin, co. Mi. PCp. 3,821. 
Slaves 1,535. 

Franklin, co. Te. Pop. 16,571. 
Slaves 4,167. Ch'f t. Winchester. 
Franklin, p-t. and cap. Wil- 
liamson CO. Ten. 17 m. b. Nash- 
ville. 

Franklin, co. Ky. Pop. 9,345. 
Slaves 2,987. Chief t. Frankfort. 



i^ F R r. 

son, 5"(k t 
Portage, 348, 



Licking, >K>. t. 

t. Richland, 360. 

t. Stark, 388. p-t. 



Franklin 
CO. Ky. 

Franklin, co. O 

Franklin, 
t. Clermont 
Columbiana, 620. 
:r\^ » rrTr,i.f 



p-t. cap. Simpson 



Pop. 10,2M 



Ross, 340 
V\ arren, 2,090. t. Wayne, 462. 

Franklin, co. In. Pop. 10,763. 
Chief t. Brookville. 

Franklin, p-t. cap. Johnson CO. 
In. 

Franklin, co. 111. Pop. 1,763. 
Franklin, co. Mo. Pop. 1,37^. 
Slaves 209. 

Franklin, p-t. and cap. Howard 
CO. Mo. on the N. side of Missouri 
river, and the most coneiderablef 
town W. of St. Charles. It was 
laid out in 1816, and in 1823 con- 
tained a court-house, jail, U. S. 
land-office, market-house, acade- 
my, and a printing-office from 
which a newspaper is issued. 
Pop. above 1,500. 25 m, below 
Chariton, 160 above St. Louis.. 
Lon. 92° 57' 5" W^ Lat. 38° 57' 9"' 
N. 

Franklinton, p-t. cap. Sranklin 
CO. O. on the Scioto, 1 m. W. 
Columbus, has a court-house, jail, 
and about 70 dwelling-houses. • 
Franksioion, p-t. Huntington 
CO. Pa. Pop. 1,297. 

Frcderica, p-t. Kent co. Dc. at 
the forks of Motherkill, a branch 
of the Delaware, 12 E. Dover. 
Frederica. See St. Simon''s. 
Frederick, t. Montgomery CO. 
Pa. Pop. 927. 

Frederick, co. Md. Pop. 40,45!?. 
Slaves 6,685. Chief t. Frederick- 
town. 

Frederick, t. Cecil co. Md. on 
the Sassafras, opposite George- 
town, 19 m. NE. Chestertown. 
Frederick,^, cap. Calvert co. MJ. 
Frederick, co. Va. Pop. 24,706. 
Slaves 7,179. Ch'f t. Winchester. 



12 towns, O. viz. I Fredericksburg, p-t. Spotsylva- 

CO. Pop. 1,871. t. nia CO. Va. and one of the most 

t. Coshocton, flourishing commercial towns in 



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till} b'W. bank of the Rappahan-iNY. on both slU'.s of Canadaway 



nock river, llOtn. from its month, 
57 SW. Washington city, 6H 
i\. Richmond. Lon. 77° 33' W. 
Uit. 'M-' 18' N. It contains ;i 
court-house, jail, academy, 2 
banks, and 4 churches. It is ad- 
vantageously situated for trade, 
near th<! head of navigation on 
tlie Rappahannock, in the midst 
t»f a I'ertik; and well cultivatf;d 
country. V'^essels of 130 or 140 
tons ascend as far as this place, 
and large quantities of corn, flour, 
tobacco, and other produce, are 
brought from the surrounding 
country for exportation. The an- 
nual value of (!xi)orts has been es- 
timated at ^^jOOOjOOO. It has ra- 
pidly increased within a few years. 
Pop. in 1817, 3,255. 

Fredirickshvrg, t. Washington 
CO. Ind. on Rig blue river, 20 m. 
MW. Cory don. 

Fredcrickt()7mi^ city and cap. 
Frederick co. Md. on a branch of 
Mouocasy creek, 43 m. NNW. 
Watihington, 42 W. Raltimore. 
Lat. 390 24' N. The city stands in 
a fertile valley, 3 miles from the 
Monorasy and 5 from Catoctin 
mountain. It is regularly laid out 
the principal streets cross each 
other at right angles and are ge 
Tierally paved. The public build 
ings are an elegant court-house, 
a jail, bank, brick market-house, 
academy, and 7 churches. Fop 
about 5,000. It is a very flourisii- 
ing town, and has considerable 
trade with the back country. 
Cireat quantities of leather, shoes, 
h.'its, saddles, and gloves, are sent 
to Baltimore. 

Fredericktown, p-t. Knox co. 
O. 7 m. N. Mount Vernon. 

Fredericktown, t. and cap. Ma- 
di.pon CO. Mo. 85 S. St. Charles. 

Fr<tfh7?ib, p-v Chataufjiie co 



creek, 4 m. from its mouth. If, 
contains about 100 houses, an 
academy, priuting-ofRce, and a 
large building 180 feet long, de- 
signed ibr a factory. Several of 
the houses are lighted with gas, 
obtained by boring the rock at 
the bottom of the creek. 45 m. fr. 
Ruflalo, 45 fr. Erie. 

Fledonin, p-t. and cap. Craw- 
ford CO, In. on the Ohio. 

Freedom, p-t. Kennebec co. Me. 

28 ni. NW. Augusta. Pop. 788. 

8 m. NK. Ellicottville. Pop. 320. 

Freedom, p-t. Dutchess co. NY. 

3 m. v.. Poughkeepsie. Pop. 2,655. 

Freeh<dd, or Monmouth, p-t. 

and ca{). Monmouth co. NJ. 20 

SE. New- Brunswick. Pop. 5146. 

In this town a battle was fought 

June 28, 1778. 

Freehold, Upper, Pop. 4,541. 

Freeman, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 

38 NW. Norridgew'k. Pop. 617. 

Freeport, p-t. (Jumberland co. 

Me. at the head of Casco bay, 20 

in. NE. Portland. Pop. 2,1 77. 

Freeport, t. Livingston co. NY. 
Fop. 1,288. 10 m. SE. Geneeeo. 
Frceporl, p-t. Harrison co.Ohio, 
18 m. W.Cadiz. Pop. 1,194. 

Freetown, p-t. Bristol co. Ms. 
on Taunton river, 9 m. SE. Taun- 
ton, 40 S. Boston. Pop. 1,863. 

Freetown, p-t. Cortlandt co. 
NY. Pop. 663. 9 m. SE. Homer. 
French broad, r. one of the 
sources of Tennessee river. It 
ri^;es in S. Carolina, and crossing 
tlic western part of N. Carolina, 
enters Tennessee through a 
breach in the mountain, and joins 
theHolston, 11 miles above Knox- 
ville. It is navigable for boats 
nearly the whole of its course in 
Tennessee. About 30 miles froru 
it.^ mouth is a lar^e me^ljcintrl 
VVirrm Sjirfng 



Q Ah 

French camps. Sec Bethel. 

French creek^ navigable r. Pa. 
rises within 10 miles of lake Erie, 
and joins the Alleghany, 80 m. i'r. 
Pittsburg. 

French creek., t. Mercer co. Pa. 
Pop. 277. — Venango co. Pop. 521. 

Frenchman'' s Bai/,Me. between 
Mt. Desert Island, and the pe- 
ninsula of Goldsboro'. Lon. 68° 
W. Lat. 44° 20 N. 

French mills, v. and port of en- 
try, Franklin co. NY. on Salmon 
river, 6 m. from its mouth. 

Frenchtown, v. Cecil co. Md. on 
Elk river, 1 m. S. Elkton. 

i<Venc/i<ow/i, t. and cap. Monroe 
CO. Michigan. 

Friendship, t. Lincoln co. Me. 
30 m. E. Wiscasset. Pop. 587. 

Friendship, p-t. Alleghany co. 
NY. 13 m. SW. Aogelica. Pop. 
662. 

Friendship, p-t. Anne-Arundel 
CO. Md. 78 m. fr. Washington. 

Frog''s Pf. See Throg''s Point. 

Fryeburg, p-t. Oxford co. Me. 
on the Saco, which here has a re- 
markable bend, winding for 36 
miles through the town. By 
means of a canal however this 



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circuitous route is avoided in nav 
gating the river. The village of 



_ the river. 
Fryeburg stands on a plain sur- 
rounded on all sides except to- 
wards the S. by lofty mountains, 
and contains some handsome 
dwelling houses, a church and 
a flourishing academy. The acad- 
emy was incorporated in 1792 ; 
the number of students in 1818 
was 120 ; the funds consist of 
15000 acres of land. Pop. 1,057. 
60 m. NW. Portland, 120 N. by 
E. Boston. Lon. 70° 47' 30" W. 
Lat. 42° 2' N. 

Fryingpan Shoals, a dangerous 
shoal, off the coast of NC. at the 
entrance of Cape Fear river, 6 
m. fr. Cape Fear pitch, 24 SE. by 
S. Baldhead light-house. Lon. 
750 W. Lat. 330 32'N. 

Fullmoon Shoal, off cape Hatte- 
ras, NC. having 10 or 12 feet at 
low water. 

Fulton, CO. Illinois. 

Fundy Bay of, sets up between 
Cape Sable in Nova Scotia, and 
Mt. Desert island, Me. 

Funkstown, p-t. Washington 
CO. Md. on Antietam creek, 2 m. 
SW. Elizabethtown. 



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Gadsden, co. Florida. 

Oaines, p-t. Orleans co. NY. on 
the canal, 22 m. N. Batavia, 30 
W. Rochester. Pop. 1134. 

Gainesboro\ p-t. and cap. Jack- 
son CO. Ten. 

Gainesville, p-t. Genesee co. 
NY. 28 m. S. Batavia. Pop. 1088. 

Gainesville, p-t. cap. Hall co. 
Ga. 

Galen, p-t. Wayne co. NY. on 
the canal, 12 m. N. Waterloo. 
Pop. 2,97P. 



Gallatin^ p-t. cap. Copiah co. 
Mi. 

Gallatin, p.t. and cap. Sumnel: 
CO. Ten. 27 m. NE. Nashville. 

Gallatin, co. Ky. Pop. 7,075. 
Slaves 1,242. Chief t. Port Wil- 
liam. 

Gallatin, co. 111. Pop. 3,155. 
Chief t. Shawaneetown. 

Gallatin's River, one of the 
three forks of the Missouri. 

Gallia, co. Ohio. Fop. 7,098, 
Chief t. Gallipolis. 



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To. O. on Oliio river, 57 m. *^E 
Chillicothe, 102 SE. Columbus. 
Pop. 830. It contains a court- 
house, jail, and academy. 

Galloway, t. Gloucester co. NJ. 
Pop. 1,648. 

G*ilveston, v. La. on the Iber- 
ville at its confluence with Amite 
river, 25 m. SE. Baton Rouee. 

Gahuay, p-t. Saratoga co. NY. 
10 m. W." Ballston-spa. Pop.2579. 

Gardiner, p-t. Kennebec co. 
Me. on the W. bank of Kennebec 
river. It contains a bank, an 
Episcopal church, and a Lyceum. 
The Gardiner Lyceum was estab- 
lished in 1823. It is incorpora- 
ted, and its funds consist of a 
valuable private donation of land, 
and a grant of |'2000 from the Le- 
gislature. Tlie institution is de- 
signed for the education of farm- 
ers, mechanics, merchants, and 
navigators. The course of study 
occupies 3 years, and is confined 
to geography, political economy, 
mathematics, and natural philoso- 
phy, with their applieat'iou to the 
arts. Its officers afe a principal 
and 2 professors. The mode of 
discipline is peculiar and salutary, 
the students for the most part 
making and administering their 
own laws, under a reasonable con- 
trol by their instructors. — Gardi- 
ner is well situated for manufac- 
tures. Cobbesconte river runs thro' 
the town, and for more than a 
mile has a continued succession 
of falls on which are erected an 
extensive cotton factory, a flour 
mill, fulling mill, paper mill, and 
4 saw mills. G m. S. Augusta. 
Pop. 2053. 

Gardiner''s hay and Island, at 
the end of Long-Island, NV. Lou. 
720 15' W. Lat. 41o3'N. 

(iardinry- t. Worcester co. Ms. 



GaUlpolis, i>-t. and cap. Gallia [25 m. N. Worcester, Pop. 911. 

Gar/a7i(/, p-t. Penobscot co.Me. 
28 m. NW. Bangor. Pop. 275. 

Garrard, co. Ky. Pop. 10,851, 
Slaves 2,918. Chief t. Lancaster. 

Gnsconade,x. Mo. joins the Mis- 
souri 100 m. fr. the Mississippi. 

Gasconade, co. Mo. Pop. 1174. 

Gasconade, i. cap. of Gascon- 
ade CO. Mo. on the S. bank ofjthc 
Missouri, at the junction o/ the 
(Jasconade, a navigable river, 
•vith a good harbour at its mouth, 
60 m. W. St. Charles. 

Gates, t. Orleans co. NY. at 
the mouth of Genesee river ; 28 
m. NW. Canandaigua. Pop. 2643. 

Gates, CO. NC. Pop. 6,837. 
Slaves 2,685. Chief t. Hertford. 

Gauley, r. Va. enters the E. 
side of the Kenhawa, above the 
falls. 

Geauga, co. O. Pop. 7,791. 
Chief t. Chardon. ' 

Gcddes, p-v. Onondaga co. NY. 
on the canal, with extensive salt 
works. Pop. in 1825, 520. 

Genexe, t. I'ises in Pa. and flow- 
ing through New- York, falls into 
Lake Ontario, aflbrding a good 
harbour at its mouth. About 40 
miles N. of the Pennsylvania lino, 
there are two falls in the river, 1 
of 60 and 1 of 90 feet, a mile apart. 
At Rochester there are also two 
falls, 1 of 96 feet, and 1, 3 miles 
below, of 75 feet. Vessels ascend 
to the falls. 

Genesee, co. NY. sq. m. 1,280. 
Fop. 39,835. Chief t.Batavia. 

Geneseo, p-t. and cap. Living.s- 
ton CO. NY. on the Genesee, 27 
m. S. Rochester. Poj). 1,598. 

Geneva, p-v. Ontario co. NY. 
on the W. side of Seneca Lake, 
which is here 3 miles wide. The 
bank of the lake rises rapidly to 
the height of about 200 feet, and 
V forms the site of the viUa^gc, 



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luaanding an extensive and 
beautiful prospect of the lake and 



the fertilf; and 



pep 



ileus 



country 
on Its borders. The village is 
compactly built, and contains the 
College edifice, 3 eluirches, 1 for 
Episcopalians,! for J'resbytt:rians, 
1 for Methodists; a masonic hall, 
land-office, bank, and 2 printing- 
offices ; in the vicinity arc 2 glass 
I'actories. Cloneva has an exten- 
sive trade, and increases rapidly 
in wealth and population. The (ie- 
neva College was opened in Sept. 
1825, with 40 students, under the 
instruction of 2 professors, and it 
was expected that a president and 
a additional professors would 
be soon appointed ; the institu- 
tion is accommodated with a spa- 
cious stone edilicc, formerly used 
for an academy. Pop. in \UZ2, 
1723 ; in 1825, 2,330. 14 m. K. 
Canandaigua, 108 E. Buffalo, 175 
AV. Albany. 

Geneva^ t. Ashtabula co. O. 
on Lake Eric, 10 m. NW. Jeffer- 
son. Fop. 315. 

Genoa, p-t. Cayuga co. NY. on 
Cayuga lake, 25 m. S. Auburn. 
180 W. Albany. Pop. 2,585. 

Genoa, p-t. Delaware co. O. 
Pop. 493. 

George, See Lake George. 

George, t. Fayette co. Pa. on 
the SE. side of the Monongahela, 
at the mouth of George creek, 1(5 
m. SW. Union. I'op. 2,039. It 
is a place of considerable trade. 

Gcorgcfoivn, t. Lincoln co. Me. 
at the njouth of tlie Kennebec, 
15 SW. Wiscasset. i'op. 1,1(55. 

Georgetown, p-t. MadiKon co. 
NY. 12 SW. MorrisviUe. Pop. 
824. 

Georgetoion, p-t. and cap. Sus- 
sex CO. Del. It) m. WSW. Lewis- 
town. Here is a bank. 

G<^rgrtmim, p-t.. and port of 



entry, DC. is pleasantly situat(>d 
on theE. side of the Potomac, at 
the junction of Hock creek, 3 \n. 
W. of the Capitol in Washington, 
8 N. Alexandria. Lon. 77^ .V \\ . 
Lat. 38° 52' N. Pop. 7,3(50. It 
contains 5 churches, 2 for Epis- 
copalians, 2 for Methodists, and 
1 lor l'resy)yterians. The Roman 
C'atholics have a college here, es- 
tablished in 1799, which has 2 
spacious brick edifices, finely sit- 
uated, with a library of 7,000 vol- 
umes, and about 150 students. 
In 1815, it was raised by ('ongresa 
to the rank of a university, and 
authorized to confer degrees, 
(ieorgetown has considerable 
trade. 

Giorgctown, p-t. Kent co. Md. 
on Sassafras river, 65 SW. Phila- 
delphia. 

Giorgctown, district, SC. Pop. 
17,(503. Slaves 15,.54(j. 

Georgetown, p-t. port of entry , 
and cap. of Georgetown district, 
SC. on Winyaw bay, near the 
mouth of the Pedee, 13 m. from 
the sea, 60 NNE. tlliarleston, 134 
S. Fayette vdle, 138 SE. Columbia. 
Lon. 790 19' W. Lat. 33° 24' N. 
Pop. about 2,000, of wliom two- 
thirds are negroes. It contains :i 
court-.house, jail, bank, and 4 
chur(;hes, 1 for Presbyterians, 1 
for Episcopalia:)s, 1 for Baptists, 
and 1 for Methodists. George- 
town is well situated for trade, 
it is in the neiglibourhood of very 
fertile lands, and connected by 
the Pedee and its branches with 
an extensive back country ; but 
there is a bar at the mouthof Win- 
yaw bay which prevents the en- 
trance of vessels drawing more; 
than 11 feet water. 

Georgetown, p-t. and cap. Scott 
CO. Ky. near the mouth of Royal 
Spring, a branch of the North 



Klklon, II m. N. 



/; 



exmgtou It 
coiitaiiis a court-house, bank, 
'.icadcmy, Baptist church, |»rintiiig- 
ofiico, and several inanufactorios. 
'J'he country aroun(i is fertile and 
ilourishing. 

Georgia, n-t. P>anklin co. Vt. 
on Lake Cham{)lain, 18 in. N. 
Burlington. I'op. 1,703. 

Georgia, one of the U. States, 
Ijounded .M. by Tennessee and N. 
liyCaro ina ; NE. by S. Carolina ; 
SE. by the Atlantic; S. by Florida, 
and W. by Alabama. It extends 
from lat. 3(P 20' to SrP N. and 
iVom Ion. r.io to WP 40' W. It is 
.'iOO miles Ironi N. to S. and 24f> 
iVoin E. to W. and contains .50,000 



JO.'/ (J 1 L 

rhc battle of Gerinautown wum 
fought here 4th Oct. 1777. 

(Jermanlmjjn, p-t. and cap. 
Hyde CO. N(/. on a bay in Pamlico 
Sound. 108 m. from Kalcigh. 

Germantovm, j)-t. Stokes co. 
!V(/. on the Town fork of the Dan. 

Germanluwn, p-t. Monti.M)mery 
CO. O. l;i S. Dayton. Poj).' 2.079. 

Germany, t. Adams co. Pa. Pop. 
1,272. 

Gerry, t. Chatauque co. NV. lo 
m. E. Mayvillc. Pop. 947. 

Getty shurg, p-t. and cap. 
Adams co. Pa. on Hock creek, one 
• )f the sources of the Monocacy, 
VA) m. from Willianisport, Md. 52 
from Baltimore, 118 VV. Philadcl- 
hia. Pop. 1,102. It contains a 



«(pi'dre milcf, or ;i7,120,000 acres. , . .,,.. -, .. ^ „ „ 

J'o[). in 1820, .'MO,<)!,r^ ; iii 1824,leourt-house, jail, bank, and print- 
.j74,600, of whom l(>r2,000 wereiing-ofhce from which a newspa- 
slaves. The western part of tlielpcr is published. 

. possession ol the Creek Ghent, i. Columbia co. NY. 11 



state IS 11. pos 
and Cherokee Indians. Milledge- 
ville is the seat of govf;rnment. 
In 1817, Georgia was the sixth 
State in the Union in the value of 
her exports. The, amount Vv-as 
^■8,790,714, and consisted almost 
wholly of domestic p-'-^-"-- ''•h.- 
Ktaple ol the State is cotton. 

Crcr/mm, p-t. Chenango co. NY. 
15 W. Norwich. Poj). 2,f]75. 

German, t. I'ayetto co. Pa. Vo[>. 
in 1810, 2,079. 

German, t. Clarke co. O. Pop. 
897. — t. Coshocton co. 802. 

Gernuin flats, p-t. Herkimer co. 
NY. on the S. side of the Mo- 
hawk, 5 m. S. H(;rkimer, 7.5 W. 
Albany. Pop. 2W.5. in this town 
stood Fort Herkimer, mentioned 



m. E. Hudson. Pop. 2,379. 

Ghent, p-t. (Jallatin co. Ky. on 
the Ohio, opposite Vevay. 

GholsonviUe, p-t. cap. Bruns- 
wick CO. Va. 

Gihlionsville, V . Albany co. IsY. 
tb- "•■'l«"n. orioosito Troy, fi 
m. I>. Albany. It staiuls on the 
canal which has a brajich here 
leading to the river. It has a 
church, a U. S. arsenal, a boU anrl 
cannon foundry, manufactory of 
locks and surveyors'instrumenis, 
and one of paper moulds. 

Gibraltar, t. Madison co. III. 
oppo.site the mouth of the Mis- 
souri. 

Gibson, t. Clearfield co. Pa. 
Pop. 235. — p-t. Susquehannahco. 
Pop. 914. 



in the history of American wa'-s. 

Gcrmonfowjt, p-t. Columbia CO. I Gibaon, co. In. I'op. 3,87G, 
NY. on l^ludson river, 12 m. below Chief t. Princeton. 
Hudson. Pop. 891. Gitead, p-t. Oxford co. Mc on 

Germaniown, p-t. Philadelj)hia the Androscoggin, 30 m. W. Fans- 
CO. Pa. 6 m. N. Philadelphia. Pop. Pop. 328. 

4,311. It contains 4 churches.! Giles, co. Va. Pop. 4,..2i. 
K ? 



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biaves 307. Chief t. Davisburg. 

Giles, CO. Te. Pop. 12,588. 
Slaves 3,261. Chief t. Pulaski. 

Gilford, t. Strafford CO. NH. on 
the S.side of Lake Winnipiseogee, 
23 NE. Concord. Pop. 1816. 

G^7/,.t. Franklin CO. Ms. 3 m. 
E. Greenfield. Pop. 800. 

Gilleland, v. Miller co. Ark. 

Gillelands creek, NY. flows into 
lake Champlain in Willsboro" 



Gilmantoion, p-t. and halfshire, 12,514. 



erected at the falls. The village 
of Glenns-falls stands on the iN. 
bank of the river upon a high 

fdain, and contains about 100 
lOuses with a Presbyterian 
church. Above the falls the river 
is connected with the Champlain 
canal by a branch canal, 6 miles 
long. 3 m. N. Sandyhill. 

Glenville, p-t. Schenectady co. 
NY. 16 m. from Albany. Pop. 



Strafford co. NH. on Winnipiseo 
gee lake, 17 m. NE. Concord, 44 
NW. Portsmouth. Here is a 
flourishing academy. Pop. 

3,527. 

Gilsvm, t. Cheshire co. NH. 37 
m. S. Concord. Pop. 601. 

Glasgow, p-t. and cap. Barren 
•CO. Ky. 145 m. SW. Lexington. 
Pop. in 1810, 244. Here is a bank. 

Glassborough, p-v. Gloucester 
CO. NJ. 20 m. SE. Philadelphia. 
Here is a glass factory. 

Glastenbury, t. Bennington co. 
Vt. 9 NE. Bennington. Pop. 48. 

Glastenbury, p-t. Hartford co. 
Ct. on the E. side of Connecticut 
fiver, 8 S. Hartford. Pop. 3,114. 

on the canal, 8 m. S. Johnstown. 

Glenns falls, p-v. Warren co. 
NY. on the Hudson, takes its 
name from the falls at this place 
The river here descends about 40 
feet. The face of the falls rudely 
resembles the back of a hand with 
the fingers bent inwards. The 
rock which Ibrms the bed of the 
river has at first a smooth and 
slightly incliued surface, and is 
then divided into four or five 



Gloucester, p-t. and port of en- 
try, Essex CO. Ms. on Cape Ann, 
6 m. NE. Salem, 30 NE. 
Boston. It contains a bank, and 6 
churches, 5 for Congregational- 
ists, and 1 for Universalists. 
Gloucester is one of the most 
considerable fishing towns in the 
state. The harbor is open, and 
accessible to large ships, and from 
Squam and Sandy bay, two small 
outports, the bay fishery is carri- 
ed on with great spirit, and to a 
large amount. The principal 
part of Gloucester is on a penin- 
sula, connected with the main by 
a very narrow isthmus, across 
which is a canal lor the passage of 

oiiiall vt-Bbels. On tho.'^F.. uide of 

the town is Thatcher's island, on 
which are two lighthouses. Ship- 
ping in 1816, 11,080 tons. Pep. 
(^,384. 

Gloucester, t. Providence co. 
RI At the village of Chepachet 
are a bank and several mills. 16 
m. NW. Providence. Pop. 2,5(M. 

Gloucester, co. NJ. Pop. 23,089. 
Chief t.'sWoodbury and Glo'ster. 

Gloucester,^. Gloucester co. ^i. 
is on the Delaware, 3 ni. below 
PoiJ. 2,7::^1. 



ledges, between which the waters Philadelphia 

are preci»itated. The principal Gloucester, co. Va. Pop. 9,673 

leckae forms a support for the Slaves 5,208. 

bridge here thrown across the ri- Glouctster.t. Gloucester co. Va 



Jge, 
ver. A cotton factory, several 
saw mill?, grist millsj &??. «tre 



on York river, opposite Yorktown. 
Glover, t. Orl^^ns co. Vt. :t3 m. 



G O H 14>J a R A 

[SNE. Montpclier. ,Pop. 549. Oii) Goshen, p-t. and liullsbiif, 
,he S. borders of tliis town there Choshire cu. NH. 42 m. V\'. 
kvus formerly a pond about a mile »'oncord. Fop. 687. 
md a half long, and half a milei Goshen, t. Addison co. Vt. 31 
rt'ide, with an outlet at its S. eudjm. SW. MontpeJior. Pop. 290. 
lischarging the waters into La-j 6rosAer«, p-t. Hampshire co. Ms. 
;uoil river; but in ISIO, while: 12 m. NVV. Northampton, 112 W. 
iome workmen were opening a; Boston. Pop. 632. 
duice at the N. end of tiie pondj Goshen, p-t. Litchfield co. Ct. 
to obtain a supply of water for j on the Green Mountain ran^e, 6 
,hcir mills, the bank at this place, im. NW. Litchfield, 32 V>'. Hart- 
which proved to be chiefly of|ford. Pop. 1,586. It is famou.s 
[juicksand, suddenly gave way,! for its cheese, 
md in fifteen minutes the whole Goshen, p-t. and halfsliire, Or- 
pond was drained. The wateriange co. iNY. 60 N. New- York, 
pursued its way to lake Mem- Pop. 3,-141. The village is plea- 
phremagog, a distance of 27 miles, I santly situated, and contains a 
sweeping off cattle, houses, jcourt-house, jail, bank, academy, 
barns, mills, &c. and levelling theland 3 printing-offices, 
forests in its progress. I Goshen, t. Chester co. Pa. 

Gtynn, co. Ga. Pop. 3,413. Pop. 1,492. 



Slaves 2,760. Ciiieft. Brunswick 
Glynnville. See Littleton. 
Gnadenhutten, p-t. Tuscarawas 

Lo. O. on the Muskingum, 11 m. S. 

New Philadelphia. 

Goffstown, p-t. Hillsboro' co. 

NH. on \V. side of the Merri- 



Goshen, 5 towns, Ohio, viz. 1. 
Belmont co. lOjn. .SW. St. Clairs- 
ville. Pop. 1,416. — p-t. Cler- 
mont CO. on the Little Miami, IS 
m. NW. Williamsburg. Pop. 755, 
— t. Columbiana co. 492. — Tusca- 
rawas, 368. — Champaign, 911. 



niack, at Amoskeag falls, 15 in.i Goshen, Mi. station of the 
S.Concord. Pop. 2,173. i American Board of Missions, in 

Golconda, p-t. and cap. Popelthe Choctaw nation, 115 m. S. by 
CO. 111. on the Ohio. |W. Mayhew. 

Goldsborough, ])-t. Hancock co.j Gosport. See Isles of Shoals. 
Me. 40 m. E. Castine. Lon. 6;Pi Gosport, t. Norfolk co. Va. on 
3' W. Lat 44=" 19' N. Pop. 560.|Elizaboth river a mile and a half S. 

Goochland, co. Va. Pop. 10,007. | Norfolk. Here is a U. States na- 
Slaves 5,526. vy yard. 

Gooseberry Island, and rocks,] Goveniador, r. Florida, runs in- 
uff Cape Ann, Ms. jto Pensacola bay. 

Gordonsville, p-v. Orange cd.j Gouverneur, p-t. St. Lawrence 
Va. 2 }i\. from which is Springhilljco. NY. on the O.swegatchie, 23 
academy. |m. S. Ogdensburgh. Pop. 765. 

Gorham, p-t. Cumberland co.j Grafton, co. NH. sq. m. 1192. 
Me. 9 m. NW. Portland. It has! Pop. 32,989. Chief towns, fc[a- 
a considerable village in whichjverhUl and Plymouth, 
are an academy and 2 churches. ! Gr(i/l!o/i, t. Grafton co. NH. 3t> 
Pop. 2,800. Im. NVV. Concord. Pop. 1,094. 

Gorham, p-t. Ontario co. NY. Si Grafton, p-t. Windham co. Vt. 
K. Canandairua. Pop. 2,000. l^m.SW. Wi:ncls,9r. Pop. 1,4S'2.- 



(. R A 

iifiaflan., p-t. Worcester cii. Ms. 

r. jii. SE. Worcester. Top. 1,154. 

(irafton.,_p-t Rensselaer ctr. 

3\'V. n E. Troy. Pop. in 1825, 

1503. 

Cirajlon^ t. Medina CO. O. Top. 
135. 

Granby, t. Kssox co. Vt. 47 m. 
INE. Montpelier. l*op. 49. 

Granhify p-l. Hampshire co. Ms. 
I) SE. Northampton. Top. 1,06G. 
in a cavern rc<"ently discovered 
liere were found two decayed 
fitatues originally formed oC wood 
or earth; the date of 1760 was 
on the walls. 

Grunby, p-t. Jfartford co. Ct. 
17 m. iNNVV. Hartford. Pop. 
15,012, Here is the Newgate or 
State prison, containing in 1823 
110 convicts. 

Granbi/^ p-t. Oswego co. INY. 
at the i'alis of Oswego river, 12 m. 
above Oswego. Pop. 555. 

Oni7iby,\\-i. and cap. Lexington 
CO. SC. at the head of navigation 
on the Congaree, 2 m. below Co- 
lumbia, 110 fr. Charleston. 

Grand ts/t;,bay, on the S. coast 
of Lake Superior. It adbrds the 
best hafrbour on the S. shore of 
the lake, being large, deep, and 
completely land locked. 120 in. 
W. Point aux Pins. 

Grand isle, co. Vt. sq. in. 82. 
Top. 3,527. Chief t. Northhero. 

Grand isle, p-t. G. I. co. Vt. 18 
lU. N. Burlington. Pop. 898 

Grand isle, NY. in Niagara ri- 
ver, is 12 miles long and from 2 
to 7 broad, commencing 3 ni. be 
low Black Rock, and terminating 
.1 mile and a half above the falls ; 
it contains 17800 acres of land 
veil wooded, and capable of culti- 
vation. 

Grand, or Chilmtcook lake. Me. 
ilie source of St. Croix river. It 
is 50 m. long, and about 5 broad. 



lu;; C R A 

Grand Maruis, an cxieiisuc 
marsh on the S. coast of Lake Su- 
perior, immediately E. ol' Grand 
Sable. 

Gran don. See Fairpori. Ohio. 

Grand river, or Geauga, O. 
joins lake Erie at Painesville. 

Grand river, large r. Mo. flows 
SE. and joins the IVfissouri, 240 m. 
from its mouth. It is navigable 
for boats 600 miles. 

Grand river, or Sixbull, or A'^e- 
ozho. Ark. Hows S. and joins the 
.\rkansas, just below the mouth 
of Verdigris river. 

Grand ^<ablc, Micliigan Ter. an 
immense hill of sand, about 300 
feet high, extending 9 m. along 
the S. shore of Lake Superior. 

Grand traverse. See Green 



t>ay. 

Grandview, t. W^ashington eo. 
O. 15 NK. Marietta. Pop. 351. 

Gra7ie;er, eo. E. Ten. Pop. 
7,651. "Slaves 656. Chief t. Rut- 
ledge. 

(jr«ng'<!r,t. Cuyahoga CO. O. on 
Lake Erie, at the mouth of Rocky 
river, 7 m. W. Cleaveland. — t. 
Mediua co. Pop. 217. 

Grant, eo. Ivy. Pop. 1,805. 
Slaves 137. 

Grantham, t. Cheshire co. NH. 
I'op. 1 ,032. 45 m. NW. Concord. 

Granville, p-t. Hampden co. 
Ms. 14 \VSVV. Springfield. Pop. 
1,643. 

Granville, p-t. Washington co. 
NV. It is watercil by Indian and 
Pawlet rivers, on which are 2 cot- 
ton and woollen factories, a large 
brewery, numerous saw and grist 
mills, &.C.. Marble, slate, and 
lime exist herein abundance, and 
of a good «pi;Uity. The town 
contains 3 villages, an academy, 
and 5 churches. Pop^ 3727. 23 
in. fr. Sandyhill. 13 S. White- 
hall, 63 N. Albanv. 



c, R i: 



aranvilh.co. NC. Pop. 18,222. 
Slaves 9,071. Ciiief i. Oxford. 

Granville^ p-t. Licking co. O. 
27 m. NE. Columbus. 

Grass, r. NY. joins the St. I.aw- 
rcncfi, opposite St. Regis island, 
after a course of 125 inilcs. In 
l/anton, it is connected by a natu- 
ral canal with the Oswegatcliie. 

Gratis, p-t. Preble co. O. Pop. 
1,000. 

Gratisfown, t. Dauphin co. Pa. 
Pop. 1H8. 

(Jravestnd,^i. Kings co. Long 
Island, Ny. on the sea coast, 9 
miles S. New York. Pop. .'>34. 
3n summer, the beach is a resort 
for parties of pleasure from the 
city. 

Gray, p-t. Cumberland co. Me. 
20 m. N. Portland. Pop. 1,479. 

Grayson, co. Va. Pop. .'>,;')98 



109 GRE 

veeaels of 200 tons burthen, 'whic'li 
can proceed througb the bay and 



Slaves iJ45. Chief t. 
Grayson, co. Ky. 



■op 
Greenville. 
Pop. 4,055, 
Slaves 184. Chief t. Litchfield. 

Great Ray, NH.the W. branch 
of thePiscitaqua, unites with the 
main branch at Hilton's point,5 m 
above Portsmouth. 

Great bend, p-t. Susquehannah 
CO. Pop. 527. 

Great valley, \>-i. Cataraugus co 
I^Y. Pop. 271. 14 SE. EUicottville 

Great works, r. Me. flows into 
the E. side of the Penobscot, 2 m. 
below the great fdlls. 

Greece, p-t. Monroe co. NY- 
at the mouth of Genesee river. 

Green'hay, or Bay l-'uan, a large 
bay on the W. side of Lake Mich- 
igan. It extends from the N. end 
of the lake 90 miles, in a SW. di- 
rection, and is 15 or 20 miles wide. 
Across its entrance is a chain of 
islands, called the Grand traverse, 
which shelters the bay from the 
■winds that often blow with vio- 
lence across the lake. The chan 
ticIp hetwff'n thfjse JKlandsudinit 



ascend Fox river several miles. 
Green bay abounds with sturgeons 
and wliitn fish. On the S. side, 
Sturgeon's bay sets up about 15 
miles. 

Green bay, p-t. and cap. Brown 
CO. Michigan Ter. on Fox river, 
2 m. from its month, 184 m. S^V. 
Mackinaw, 220 N.CJhicago ; 360 1 1. 
IVairie du (Allien, l)y Fox andjOuio- 
consin rivers. Lon. S7^ 58' VV. 
Lat. 45"^ N. The settlement ex- 
tends along both sides of the river 
bout 4 miles. Here are about 80 
families, the descendants of the 
French, who settled here in 1700 ; 
but by intermarriages with Indi- 
ms, they have now become, al- 
most without exception, of mixed 
blood. The country around this 
settlement is at present occupied 
by the Menominee Indians ; to- 
gether with a part of the Oneidas 
and of the Stockbridge tribe, v/ho 
have purchased land here and re- 
moved from New York. The E- 
piscopalians have established a 
mission among the Indians. The 
climate is healthful and sufficient- 
ly mild, the soil is fertile and well 
watered. Its position between 
the great Lakes and the Mississip- 
pi, renders (ireen-bay a very eli- 
gible place for settlement. Here 
is a garrison. See Fort Howard. 

Green briar, r. Va. joins the E. 
side of the Kenhawa, at the Lau- 
rel ridge. Lat. 38° N, 

Green briar, co. Va. Pop* 
7,04 1 . Slaves 786. Chief t. Lew- 
isburg. 

Greenbush, p-t. Rensselaer co. 
NY. on the Hudson, opposite Al- 
bany. Pop. in 1825, 2,914. The 
village stands on the margin ol' 
the river; it has a ferry to Alba- 
nv, fcverrfl wharvr's imrl r"n»rif 



G R E M(* 

ilerable trade. On an eminence, 



2 m. E. is a U. S. cantonment 
which has quarters for 5,000 sol- 
diers. 

Greencastle, p-t. cap. Putnam 
CO. In. 

Greene, p-t. Kernebcc co. Me. 
on the Androscoggin, 24 SW. Au- 
gusta, 39 N. Portland. Pop. 1,309. 

Greene, co. NY. sq. m. 1,508. 
Pop. 22,99G. Chief t.Catskill. 

Greene, p-t. Chenango co. NY. 
on the Chenango. 20 m. SW. 
.Norwich. Pop. 2,590. 

Greene, co. Pa. Pop. 15,554. 
Cliief t. Waynesborough. 

Greene, p-t. Greene co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,801. t. Franklin co. 2,010. 

Greene, co. Ohio. Pop. 10,529. 
thief t. Xenia. 

Greene, 16 towns, Ohio, viz. 
t. Adams co. Pop. 678. Clark, 
658. Clinton, 917. Columbiana, 
772. Fairfield, 141. Fayette, 
905. Gallia, 700. Hamilton, 1456 
IL-rrison, 2,229. Richland, 621. 
:Ross, 1,531. Scioto, 582. Shel- 
Trumbull, 125, 



NC. Pop. 4,533. 

Chief t. Snowville. 

G. Pop. 13,589. 

Chief t. Greens- 



Al. 

Mi. 



Pop. 4,554 
Pop. 1,445, 



bv. Htark, 503, 
AVayiie, 412. 

Greene, co. 
Slaves 2,174. 

Greene, co 
Slaves 6,937. 
borough. 

Greene, co. 
Slaves 1,691. 

Greene, co 
Slaves 380. 

Greene, co. Ten. Pop. 11,324 
Slaves 829. Chief t. Greenville 

Greene, co. Ky. Pop. 11,943. 
Slaves 3,241. Chief t. Greens 
burgh. 

Greene, co. Indiana. 

Greene, co. 111. Pop. about 
2,000. Chief t. Carrolton. 

Greevjield, p-t. Hiilsboro' o 
mi. 24 SW. Concord. Pop. 974 

GYcenficld, p-t. and Ciip. Frank- 



G' R F. 
lin CO. Ms. on the W. bank o'f 
Connecticut river, 21 m. N. North- 
ampton. Pop. 1,316. It contains 
a handsome village, 3 churches, 
2 for Congregationalists, andl for 
Episcopafians, a court-house, jail, 
and printing-office, from which a 
weekly paper is issued. Much of 
the trade of the county is carried 
on here. 

Greenfield, p-t. Saratoga co. 
NY. 10 m. N. Ballston-Spa, 36 N. 
Albany. Pop. 3,024. 

Greenfield, t. Bedford co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,141. t. Luzerne co. 712. 

Greenfield, p-t. Highland co. O. 
on Paint creek, 20 m. NE. Hills- 
borough, t. Fairfield co. 3 m. N. 
Lancaster, t. Gallia co. 16 m. W^ 
Gallipolis. Pop. 326. t. Huron 
CO. 338. 

Greenland, p-t. Rockingham co. 
NH. on Great bay, 4 m. SW. 
Portsmouth. Pop^ 634. 

Green mountains, a range of 
mountains which commences near 
New Haven, Ct. and extends N. 
to Canada, passing through the 
western parts of Connecticut and 
Massachusetts, and holding a mid- 
dle course in Vermont between 
lake Champlain and Connecticut 
river. In the county of Washing- 
ton, Vt. it throws off a branch of 
inferior height to the NE., called 
the Height of land, dividing 
the v/aters which flow into the 
Connecticut from those which 
flow into lakes Memphramagog- 
and Champlain ; while the main 
branch, continuing to the N. is 
pierced by the great rivers which 
fall into lake Champlain, and pre- 
sents the loftiest summits in the 
whole range. Mansfield moun- 
tain, the highest summit, accord- 
ing to the measurement of Capt. 
Partridge, is 4,279 feet above the 
level of the sea-, and Camels-bat^; , 



G B %' 



the next highest, 4,188 feet. 

Green river, small r. and p-v. 
Columbia co. NY. The river joins 
the Housatonuuc in Ms. 

Green river, Ky. rises in Lin- 
coln CO. and flowing W. joins the 
Ohio, 200 m. below Louisville. 
It is 200 yards wide at its 
mouth, and is navigable for boats 
nearly 200 miles. 

Greensboro\ p-t. Orleans co. Vt. 
27 NE. Montpelier. Fop. 625. 

Greensborough, p-t. Caroline 
CO. Md. on the Choptank, 7 m. N. 
Denton, 22 SE. Chester. 

Greensboro' p-t. cap. Green co. 
Ga. 40 N. Milledgeville. 

Greensburg, t. W. Chester co. 
NY. on the Hudson, 28 m. above 
New York. Pop. 2,064. 

Greensburg, p-t. bor. and cap, 
Westmoreland co. Pa. on a branch 
of Sewickly creek, one of the 
sources of the Youghiogany, 30 



ill <J! E E 

river, 110 m. fr. Ocrecock inTetr 
23 fr. Washington. It contains a, 
court-house, jail, and academy. 

Greenville, district, SC. Fop-. 
11,530. Slaves 3,423. 

Greenville, p-t. and cap. Green- 
ville dis. SC. on Reedy river, 11() 
m. N. Augusta, Ga. 110 from 
Columbia. The air is cool and 
healthful, and many persons from 
the low country of Carolina and 
Georgia, reside here in summer. 

Greenville, t. Darlington co. 
SC. on Great Pedee river, 55 ENE. 
Camden, 90 NE. Columbia. 

Greenville, p-t. cap. Butler Cio. 
Al. 

Greenville, p-t. and cap. Jeffer- 
son CO. Mi. 21 m. NE. Natchez. 

Greenville, p-t. fnd cap. Green 
CO. Ten. on the head waters of 
French-Broad 'river. 26 m. W. 
Jonesboro', 81 E. Knoxville. The 
villaire contains a court-house. 



Bedford. Pop. 771. It contains 
a court-house, jail, bank, acade 
my, and German Calvinist church. 

Greensburg, t. Beaver co. Pa. 
10 m. N. Beavertown. Pop. 1,194 
Here is an academy. 

Greensburg, p-t. and cap 
Greene co. Ky. on Green river 
69 m. W. Lexington, 95 E. Rus 
selville. Pop. in 1810, 130. It 
contains a court-house, jail, and 
bank. 

Greensburg, p-t. cap. Decatur 
CO. In 

Greenville, p-t. Greene co. NY. 
on the Catskill, 17 m. NW 
Catskill, 27 S. Albany. Pop. 2374 
Here is an academy. 

Greenville, t. Somerset co. Pa 
Pop. 394. 

Greenville, co. Va. Pop. 6,858. 
Slaves 4,512. Chief t. Hickford 

Greenville, p-t. and cap. Pitt 
'CO. NC. on the S. bank of Tar 



m. SE. by E. Pittsburg, 75 from jail, printing-office, Presbyterian 



meeting-house, and about 10.0 
dv/elling-houses. 

Greenville College stands in aii 
elevated and healthful region 3 
m. S. of the village. It is the old- 
est college in the state, havin'g 
received its charter from the ter- 
ritorial government in 1794. It is 
governed by a board of 14 trus- 
tees, including the presideat of 
the college. In 1824 it had a 
president and two assistant in- 
structors, about 40 students, a 
valuable library of 3,000 volumes, 
and a philosophical apparatus. 
There are two college edifice's, 
one of which is of wood and con- 
tains the chapel and rooms for the 
preparatory school, library, fcc. 
the other is of brick and contains 
the students' rooms and rooms 
for the steward. 

Greenville, p-t. and cap. Meck^ 
lenburg co. Kv. 3:5 m. NNW. KtT?^- 



G H >> i i-i 

180 from Lexington. ilOO feet 



sglvillc 

Here is a bank 

Gr<mville, p-t. and cap. Dark 
CO. Ohio, 80 m. N. (Mncinnati, 86 
W. Columbus. Lon. 84° :^2' W. 
I.rit. 40° 2' N. In Aut,-. 1795, a 
famous treaty was hold here, b}' 
Gen. Wayne on the part of the 
U.S. with the Indians. Pop. 1,172. 
Greenville, p-t- cap. Floyd co. 
Indiana. 

Greenville, p-t. and cap. I5ond 
CO. 111. on the E. fork of Shoal 
creek, 18 in. SW. Vandalia. 

Greenup, co. Ky. Top. 4,311. 
Slaves 5G6. 

Greemoich, p-t. Hampshire co. 
Ms. 20 m. E. Northampton, 75 W. 
Boston. Pop. 778. 

Greenwich, p-t. Fairfield co. 
Ct. on L. Island Sound, 38 E. New 
Vork, 48 W. New T-laven, Pop. 
»i,790. 

Greenwich, p-t. Wasliington 
CO. NY. on the Hudson, across 
which there is a ferry to Schuy- 
lervdle. Union village, or VVhi{) 
pie's city, chiefly in this town, 
stands on both sides of the Bat 
tenkill, 5 m. from the i'crry. It 
is incorporated and contains 2 
churches, 1 for Dutch Reformed 
and one for Baptists, an<i a school 
in which the languages are tauglit. 
The Washington Cotton Factory 
in this village is owned by VVm. 
Mowry 6l Co. who introduced 
into the state the first spindle em- 
ployed in the manufacture of cot- 
ton, it contains 2,001) spindles 
and 40 power looms, employs 
120 hands, and produces per day 
on an average 1,200 yards ol' 
cloth. The Battenkill has two 
very romantic falls in this town, 
one of GO feet at Heath's mills, 2 
m.E. of Union village, at which are 
erected a*pLuster mill, distillery, 
" (Stc. ; the other, a mile below, of 



8 m. W. Salem, 37 jN£/. 
Albany. Pop. 3,197. 

Greenwich, p-t. Cumberland co. 
NJ. on Cohanzy creek, 3 m. from 
Delaware bay, 15 SE. Salem. Pop. 
890. 

Greemvich, t. Gloucester co. 
IN J on the Delaware, 6 m. SE. 
I'hiladelphia. Pop. 2,699. 

Greentoich, t. Warren co. N.f. 



on the Delaware, opposite Easton, 
Pa. 31 S. Newton. Pop. 3,335. 

Greemvich, t. Berks co. P.i. 
Pop. 1,337. 

Greenwood, t. Oxford co. Me. 
5 rn. NW. Paris. Pop. 392. 

Greenwood, t. Adams co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,660. p-t. Columbia co, 
1,087. t. Mifllin co. 1,800. 

Grccrstnirg, p-t. BcAver CO. Pa. 
Pop. 146. 

Gngalown, v. Sonierset co. NJ. 
G m. NE. Princeton. 

Griswold, t. New London co, 
Ct. o)i the Quinebaug, 6 m. NE. 
Norwich. Pop. 1,869. 

Grvs hie, isl. Michijfan Ter. at^l 
the mouth of Detroit river, aboutSp I 
8 miles long. Here is a quarry, ' 
from which stone is obtained for 
building. 

Groion, t. Grafton co. NH. 45 
NW. Concord. Pop. 688. 

Groton, t. Caledonia co. Vt. 16 
m. E. Montpelier. Pop. 595. 

Groton, p-t. Middlesex co. Ms. 
34 m. NW. Boston. Pop. l,r.97. 
Here is an academy. 

Groton, p-t. New London co. 
Ct. at the mouth of the Thames, 
opposite New London. Pop. 4664. 
In this town is Fort Griswold, 
which defends the harbour of New 
London. On the 6th Sept. 1825, 
the corner atone of a monument 
was laid at Groton heights which 
is intended to commemorate the 
brave resistance of Col. Ledyard 
and his soldiers to the attack of 



Ji A C H;J 

llie British under Arnold the 6th 
Sept. 1781. 

Groion, p-t. Tompkins co. NY. 
14 m. NK. Ithaca. Pop. 2,742. 

Groveland, p-t. LivAigston co. 
NY. on Genesee river, G m. S. 
Genesco. Pop. 1,273. 

Guernsey, co. Oliio. Pop. 9,292. 
Chief t. Cambridge. 

Guiandot, r. Va. joijis the Ohio 
below Kenhawa river, and i.s na- 
vigable GO miles for canoes. 

Gvilderlandty p-t. Albany co. 
NY. 12 m. W. Albany. Pop. 
2,270. 

Guildhall, p-t. and cap. Essex 
CO. Vt. on Connecticut river, op- 
posite Lancaster. Here arc 2 
bridges across the river. 50 rn. 
NE. Montpclior. Pop. 529. 

Guilford, t. Penobscot co. Me. 
49 m. NE. Nor ridge vk^ock. Poj). 

.';25. 

Guilford, p-t. Windham co. Vt. 
It contains 3 small villages, 4 
churches and a town-house. Se- 
veral streams pass throujrh the 



XJ A O 

Haven co. Ct. an Long Islainli 
Sound, 15 m. E. New Haven, 
Pop. 4,131. It contains 7 churcheB» 
has two harbours and some ship- 
piiig. 

Guilford, p-t. Chenango c6. 
NY. Pop. 2,175. 7 ra. S. Nor- 
wich. 

Guilford, t. Franklin Co. Pa. 
Pop. 2,439. 

Guilford, CO. NC. Pop. 14,511. 
Slaves 1,611. Chief t. Martins- 
ville. 

Guilford, t. Medina CO. Oliio. 
Pop. 72. 

Gulf stream, a current which 
rushes out of the Gulf of Mexico 
between Cuba and Florida and 
proceeds N. along the coast of the 
V. States, and NE. as far as tJic 
shores of Iceland and Great Bri- 
tain. iLs velocity off the coast of 
Florida is 5 miles an hour, and in 
lat. 370 N. about 1 mile. 

Gull Islands, Great and Liitlp, 
2 small islands, lying W. of Fisli- 
er's island in Long Island Sound. 



is pa 
town which afford good sites IbrjOn Little Gull is alight-house, 
mills. Here are a paper-mill, 2 Gmipowder, r. Md. flows into 
oil-mills, 2 slate quarries, a large jChesapwike bay, 12 m. above tiro 
gin distillery, 2 comb factories, a Patapsco. It has falls near ils 
furnace for casting [dough irons, mouth. 

several grist-mills, &c. Guilford Gusiacus, t. Trumbull co. O. 
IS also the principal market for' Pop. 371. 
the neighbouring towns to the W. I Gwinnei, co. 
.31 m. E Bennington, .50 S. Wind- Slaves 538. 
sor. Pop. 1,862. Gwynedd, t. 



Guilford, p-t. and bor. New|^V Pop. 1,221 



Ga. Pop. 4,.''i89. 
Montgomery co. 



H 



Habersham, co. Ga. Pop. 3,145. 

Slaves 277. Chief t. Clarksville. 
Hacketistovm, p-t. Sussex co, 



N.I. on the Musconetcunk, 22 W^ Hackinsack, p-t. and cap. BAr- 



by N. Morristown. 

J/orkin^rk. r N.T. ri^ef? in N. 



York, and running S. joins the 
Passaic in Newark bay. It is na- 
vigni)le 15 rniles. 



gen CO. NJ. on the W. side of 
Hackinsack rivpr. 20 m. N. ,Ne\v 
f. 



J I A C^ i 

Sork. Top. 2,076. Here are r.i 
court-house, jail, two churches, 
and aa aoadomy. 

Haddnm, p-t". Middlesex co. Ct. 
on tlie W. side ofCouuecticut ri- 
ver, 8 ni. below Mitldletowu, 23 
below Hartford. Pop. ^,478. it 
eonlains 3 churches, 1 for Con- 
gregationalists, 1 for Baptists, and 
1 for Methodists. The superior 
and county courts sit alternately 
here and at Middletown. Ship- 
ping, 1,597 tons, employed in the 
coasting trade, and trade to the 
W. Indies. Here is a valuable 
quarry of granite. 

Hadley, p-t. Hampshire co. Ms. 
on the E. bank of Connecticut ri- 
ver, ntarlvopposits Nortuamuton, 
20 m. N. Springfield, 97 W. 'Bos- 
ton. Pop. 1,461. It is connected 
by bridges with Hatfield and 
iVort Hampton. Hopkins' Acade- 
my in this place, is a flourishing 
institution. 

Hndin/j t. Saratoga co. NY. on 
the Hudson, which here has falls. 
12 m. W. Glenn's falls, 27 m. N. 
Ballston-Spu, 51 above Albany. 
Pop. 798. 

Haerlem^ p-v. N. York co. 8 m. 
N. New York. 

Hfignrslown, or Elizahethtovm, 
p-t. and cap. AVasliington co. ]\Id. 
is situated in the fertile valley ot 
(■onccocheague, on the \V. bank 
of Antic'tam creek, 27 m. NW. 
Frederic.ktown, 70 NW. Washiiip-- 
ton city, 72 WNW. Baltimore. 
I'op. 2,*i70. It is regularly laid 
o;it, and contains about SOOdwell- 
nig-honse.^, a handsome court- 
house, built at an expense of fifty 
thousand dollars; an academy ; "a 
bank with a capital of two hun- 
dred and fifty thousand dollars; a 
town aiid masonic hall; and si.x' 
':liurchc9, 1 each for Roman Cath-I 
(•licc-, Rpiscojialians, I-utheraiis,' 



14 H A /- 

(iermon Reformed, Presbyteriuus', 
land Methodists. It has conside- 
Irable trade with the western coun- 
jtry. In the vicinity are two cloth- 
manufactories, one of which em- 
ploys 60 hands; besides which 
several mechanical trades, the 
|blacksmitli's, saddler's, shoema- 
jker's, hatter's, &c. are carried oa 
here to a large extent. 

Hague, p-t. Warren co. NY. on 
Lake George, 22 m. NE. Caldwell. 
Pop. 514. 

JlalJ'moon ^ji-t. Saratoga co. NY. 
on the Hudson, 12 m. S. Ballston 
Spa, 14 from Albany. Pop. 4024. 

Halifax, p-t. Windham CO. Vt. 
9 SV\'. Brattleboro'. Pop. 1,567. 

Halifax, p-t. Plynionth co. Ms. 
13 m. NW. Plymouth, 35 SE. Bos- 
ton. Pop. 749. 

Hnlifax, p-t. Dauphin co. Pa.. 
on the E. side of the Susquehan- 
na!), 13 m. N. Harrisburg. Fop. 
1,365. 

Halifax, CO. Va. Pop. 10,060. 
Slaves 9,882. 

Halifax, CO. NC. Pop. 17,237. 
Slaves 9,450. 

Halifax, p-t. and cap. Halita.v 
CO. NC. is pleasantly situated on 
the W^ bank of the Roanoke, 7 
m. below the Great Falls, and 70 
jhy land from the mouth of the ri- 
ver : 36 m. N. Tarborough, 72 S. 
Ihy W. Petersburg. Lat. 36'= 13' 
|N. It is regularly laid out, aJid 
Iconlains a court-house and jail. 
iTlie river is navigable to tiiis place 
I for vessels of considerable burden. 
A regular trading scliooner, of 45 
itons, plies constantly between 
JHalifax and Norfolk. A canal 
round the falls of the Roanoke 
opens the navigation forbatteaux, 
for more tlian 130 miles above the 
town. 

Hull, CO. Ga. Pop. 5,086. 
Slave.s399. Chief t. Gained villo. 



ii A :vi 



ji. 



II A i\J 



Hallowell, p-t. Kennobeck co.i immediate bank of the river, on a 
Me. on Kcnuebeck river, at th(| level with the streets in August.!. 
head of tlie tide, 2 miles belowiBack from the river a quarter of 
Augusta, 54 NE. Portland. Lat. t mile, the ground rises abruptly 
440 16' iN. Pop. 2,919. Within .'JO or 70 feet, and spreads into a 



a fev/ years it has increased very 
rapidly, and is now one of the 
most wealthy, populous, and dour- 
ishiag towns in the state. The 
principal village is on the W 
bank of the river, and contains af 
academy, a bank, 2 churches, 2 
printuig-office^, several fine brick 
stores, and more than 20i) dwell- 
ing-houses. The surrounding 
country is fertile, and beef, pork, 
pot and peari anhes, flour and luni- 



plain on which the upper town is 
built, affijrding an airy and health- 
ful residence, and abundaLtly sup- 
plied v.'ithjju re water. Hamburg is 
regularly laid out, and contaiiie! 
in 1825 ;ibout 300dwelling-houKe-< 
and 1200 inhabitants; a bank v, ith 
a capital of .^500,000 ; a printing- 
office;; u large wurehouj-e, 300 feet 
by .50, for storing cotton and to- 
bacco ; and several spacious 
■itores. During the vear endinir 



ber, are brought hith<;r for expcr-|lst Oct. 1824, about 30,000 bab .^i 
tation. The river is navigable to of cotton v/ere received at tlie 



tliis place for vessels of 150 tons 
The Kallowell granite Is equatin 
every respect to that of Chrdms- 
ford, and is extensively quarried 
and wrooght. 

Hails river, forma the boi:-ndar\ 
between Lower Canada aiid New 
Hampshire, and joins the Con- 
necticut at Stcwa.'tsto'.vn. 

Hamburg, p-t. Erie co. NY. on 
Lake Erie, 9 m. S. Buffalo. Pop. 
2,034 



warehouse. There are 7 steam- 
boats employed ij» the traxifi'v/ith 
Charle.ston. 

This town was fountied in 1 821 , 
by Henry Shultz, Esq. a native of 
Hamburgh in Germany, and then 
resident at Augusta, Ga. Pre\i- 
ous.to its establishment, one-third, 
if not half the exports of Georgia 
were derived from S. Carolina. 
Mr. S. con'^eived and executed 
lh<L_bold Jes-ign of drawing to 



HarrJfurg, p-t. Sussex co. NJ.jCharleston that part of the trade 
20 m. 'ir. .\ewton. jof the state which formerly pas'c- 

Hamlmrg, p-t. Berks co. Fa. ori|ed through Augusta and Savannah, 
the E. side of the Schuylkill, 18land also a considerable portion of 
rn. N by W. Ptcading. !the trade of Georgia. F'rom the 

Ham/jurg, p-t. Edgefield dist. legislaturr; he obtained a loan of 
SC. on Savannah river, directly]. $.50,000 for 5 years, on an intircst 
opposite Augusta, Ga. with whic'^jof 6 per cent., a bank charter, an 
it is connected Lv a bridge 1,00(^) exi:mption of all town-property, 
rood bar- stfXjk in trade, faculties 



feet in length. It has a g< 
bourfor boats, the channel of the 
river for more tlian a mile above 
the bridue lying close to the N. 



proffcs- 
sio'is, &-c.jn Hamburg, from tax- 
ation for 5 years, witfi other priv- 
ileges ; and an apjiropriation 01' 
.^'2.5,000, chiefly for the improvc- 
parts, nearly equal, called'ment of the navigation to Charies- 
.; upper and lower town. Thejton. The effect.-; anticipated frora 
lower town, where most of thelthe establi.shment of Hamburg 
bysiness is done, stands upon thejwere immediately felt. The^ ex- 



■(:. The town is divided into 



H. A M. I 

pQit'of cotton from Savannah, du- 
ijng the year ending ;K)th Sept. 
IR24, feirBhort ofthiit of the pre- 
'vions year 17,297 bales, andthore 
was at least an equal increase in 
^he export from Charleston during 
Ihcsame period. The present val- 
uation of property in Haniburgrh 
may be safely placed at half a 
million dollars. Rents are as high 
as in Augusta. 84 n\. from C'o- 
lumbia, 1W> by land iroia Charles- 
ton. Steamboats periorm their 
tyjp upually iji 4 or H da\ si. 

Namlnn-g, t. Union co. III. on 
the Mississippi, where is a ferry. 
;^0 m. fr. America. 

Hnmdfn, t. New Haven co. Ct. 
J5m. N. New Haven. Pop. 1,687. 
In this town is Whitney's factory. 
Sec J^eto Haven. 

HnmiHon, p-t. Eiisex co. Ms. 8 
m. NE. Salem. Pop. 802. 

Bamilton, co. NY. Sq. m. 1800. 
Pop. Vl^\. 

Ha.m^lf»ff,\}-t. Madison co. NY. 
Pop. -2,681. The village is hand- 
sfomely builfc oii the main branch 
of Chenango river, and is the seat 
Of the NY. Baptist Theological 
Seminary. This institution was 
fonnded in 1819, by the Baptist E- 
diication Society of the State of 
N.York. It has an edifice of stone, 
64 feet by 36, erected at the ex- 
pense of the inhabitants of the 
village; several scholarships, each 
endowed with |!l,000; a library 
of al>out 500 volumes ; the num- 
ber of students in 1825 was 50. 8 
m. SE. Morrisville,25SW. Utica. 

Hamilton., v. Albany co. NY. 8 
m. AV. Albanv. 

Hamilton, N Y. See Glean. 

Hamilton, NY. now Wadding- 
fon. 

JfamilfovColles^c. See Clinton. 

Hainilfan, t. dloure-stpr ro.N.I. 
Tap, 877. ! 



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Hamilton, t. Adams co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,075. — Franklin co. 1,688. 
— Northampton co. l,r}20. 

Hamilton ban, t. Adams co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,053. 
7/(z»i///()/i,p-t. cap. Monroe CO. Mi. 

Hamilton, co. i'en. Pop. 821. 
Slave- w. 

Jiamillon, co. O. Pop. 31,764. 
('hief t. Cincinnati. 

Jiamilton, p-t. and cap. Butler 
CO. ("). on the Miami, 25 ni. N. 
Cincinnati, 105 SW. Columbus. 
Here are a bank and a printing- 
office. I^op. 660. 

Hamilton, t. Franklin co. O. on 
the Scioto, 7 m. S. Columbus. 
Pop. 943.— t. Warren co. 1,068. 

Hamilton, CO. In. Chief t. No- 
blesville. 

Hamilton, co. 111. Pop. about 
2,000. Chief t. McLeanboro'. 

Hampden, p-t. Penobscot co. 
Me. on the W. side of Penobscot 
river, 10 m. SSW. Bangor, 29 
NW. Costine. Pop. 1,478. 

Hampden, co. Ms. Pop. 28,021 . 
Chief t. Springfield. 

Jfampden Sidney College. Sec 
Prince Kdward co. Ya. 

Hampden, t. Geauga co. O. Pop. 
296. 

Hampshire, co.Ms. Pop. 26,487. 
(^hief t. Northampton. 

Hampshire, co.Va. Pi^p. 10,889. 
Slaves 1,609. Chief t. Romney. 

Haiiipstead, p-t. Rockingham 
co.NH.24 fr. Portsmouth. Pop.751. 

Hampstead, t. Rockland co. NY. 
f^op. 2,072. See Raynopo II 'orks. 

Hampton, p-t. Rockingham co. 
i\H. on the sea coast. It has a 
good harbour, and several vessels 
employed in the coasting tradtj 
and fisheries : 2 churches, and a 
flourishing academy. Hampton 
beach, on which is a singular l)lufl' 
called the Boar's Head, attracts 
minify viViitPTS. 7m. fr. Exeter, Mi 



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~\V. Portsmouth. Pop. 1,098. If^tegat'iouul (Jlmrcli, iiud upw:it<i 

Hampton, p-t. Windli.-inico.Ct.jorTO (Iwclluifr-lionsi-s. 
;7 in. K. Hiirtlord. I'op. I,.'il.i. ! 0;irt,in«ijt,li (UAWi^r. <l«irivo8 ji 
HarajAoli, f)-t. WaHliinj^toii <;o.li)aiii<; from W'illiijtn, ICiirl of Dari 
■ '» . () m. E. Whitehall. Pop.irnoiith, one of ilH principal heiK 
I,,}. factorH. it was fouiifJcd i;i 17'.'' 

Hamp Ion, n-t. and cap. Eliza-jby the latoRov. br. Wcazcr Wlif': 
h<;th city CO. Va. ]7rn. fr. iNorfVdk.jiock, and i« one of the most re^;- 
Jlamptwi, Jails, p-t. Kockiiifj-|pectahle and /louriwhing cf»li(;ge>i 
ham CO. Nil. on the Hca coast, l<ijin the (/. Staler. The permanefij, 
m. SW. Portsmouth. Pop. 572. jfnndH yield about .$'2,000 a year. 



Hampton roads. 



^c(iJVorfolk. 
Pop. 31,290, 



Hancock, co. M 

iiief t. (/astine. 

ffancock, p-t. flillsboro* co, 

ii. i:im. E. Keone, Hr, m. SW. 
Concord. Pop. 1,178. Herein u 
inanuffu;t«ry of iowling-piccea 
and rifles. 

Hancock, p-t. Addison co. Vt. 
30 rn. SW. Montpelier. Pop. 442. 



oniijei 
-t. Her 



'i'his, with the tuition, makes .uji 
income of nearly ^;f;,00<). 'i'luj 
coHoge edifice is of wood, l.W feet 
long, .'iO'wide, 3 stories higfi, af! 
contains ?A ro<miH for sludenl 
a/id (i for other purpoKCK. A nii 
Uical inwtitutiou has been conner ; 
ed with the college since 17!i." 
.jiml is acc(jmmodatfd with a bri( 
cdilice, 'i Htorie.'i high, contuinii.' 
ber-jides rooms for>tudent8, a I 
boratory, anatomical museum, nr 
neralogical cabinet, library, and ' 
leclu re-room. s. Th<; cciieye li- 
brary contaiJia about .'>,000 vol 
umes, and there are 2 librarifcs be- 
longing to societies of studenls, 
each ol which contains jiL'^nt yOO<J 
volumes. In 182.'>, the, o/ilcerx of 
the college were a prc-ident, 8 
prttfngfcors, including 'J mcdi<;<l 
professorK, and 3 tutor*.. '1 ; - 
nuruber of students was 277, i 
eluding 103 rnedi<;al btiiden: 
Chii;ft. Fort The wiif)le nundjcr who had b< • 
educate,d henr in 1822 w^ts l,'.>'i i , 
of whom l,0f;7 were, then livijsg. 

lluaovcr, p-t. Plyn»oi:th CO. jVl,^. 
I'ym. r<W. Plymouth, 2:iSE. Cot- 
ton, i'op. 1,211. 

Hum/ue,r, p-t. Chatanque <; - 

NY. '«) NE. M.ayville. Pop. 2,217. 

H.v/utver, p-t. Morri;-. co. .\J. <;n 

llTi NW. liOKton. Pop. 2,222. the l'a««aic,lCm.NVv'.Elizabeth- 

'11. e principal vdlage \h situated town. Pop. 3,.v03. 

lii a beautiful plain, half a mile fr. j Hanooer, t. Turlington co. .\./ 

til", river, and contains the build- Pop. 2,642. 

)/ii's ofDactmo'.itii College, a <^/on-i Hareovcr, p-\. York cr,. ',',, <rj ;i 
L 2 



f [uncock, p-t. Herkshire co. Ms. 

I ,n. .\i\W. Lenox. Pop. 1,10.5. 

Hancock, p-t. Delaware co. N V. 
outhe Delaware, 27 m. SW. Del- 
hi. Pop. rtii). 

Hu/ncock, p-t. Salem co. NJ. 

Hancock, p-t. Washington co. 
Md. on the Potomac, 2.5 m. SE, 
Bedford, Pa. 119,\W. Baltimore. 

Hancock, co. fJa. Pop. I2,7,i4. 
- : .! vcK C,8f;3. Chief t, Sparta. 

I [uncock, CO. Mi. Pop. 1,.594. 
.;i.V(;s32l. 

[lancock, co. O, 

I ifdey. 

Hancock, co. IllinoiH. 
J-fannihal,, p-t. Oswego co, NY 

II in. S.Oswego. 160 from Albany 
i'op. 93.5. 

Hanover, p-t. Grafton co, NH 
on Connecticut ri/er, ,55 rn. NW 
Concord, 98 WNW. Portsmouth 



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1155 



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iMancfi ofConewago creek, which 
Jims into the Susqiiehannah. 18 ni. 
^'W. York, 106 W. by S. Philu- 
delpliia. Pop. 946. 

Hunover, 10 other towns. Pa. 
viz. t. Luzerne co. Pop. 879. — 
Washington co, 1,329. — Beaver, 
1,147. — Northampton, 1,358. — 
I.«high, 866.~Lebanon, 1,871.— 
.AVm; Hanovc)', Montgomery co. 
1,320.— £«/*■<, Dauphin co. 2,618. 
—TVest, Dauphin co. 39T.~Up- 
pcr^ Montgomery'co. 1,273. 

Hanover, CO. \n. I'op. ir),2(>7. 
Slaves 8,756— the birtli-phice ot 
Patrick Henry, 1736. Here is 
Washington-Henry Academy. 

Hanover, t. Cohmibinna co. O- 
hio. Pop. 1,486. — p-t. I-iekingco. 
594.— t. Richland co. 113.— But- 
ler co. 6 m. W. Rossville. Pop. 
1,512. 

Hanovertown, p-t. Hanover co. 
Va. on the Pamunkv, 6 m. above 
New Castle, 22 NE." Richmond. 

Hanson, p-l. Plymouth co. Ms. 
JMs. Pop. 917. 

Harbour, Cape, the N. e.vtrem- 
ity of Wells' bay. Me. Lon. 70^ 
24' W. Lat. 430 is' N. ' 

Harbovr creek, t. Erie co. Pa. 
Pop. 555. 

Hardin, co. Ky. Pop. 10,4C8 
.^laves 1,466. 

Hardin, co. Ohio. 

Hardin, co. Ten. Pop. 1,4G2. 
Slaves 136. Chief t. Hardins- 

Villft. 

Harding^s ferry, on White ri- 
ver, Ark. 400 m. fr. its mouth. 

Hardinsbvrg, p-t. and cap. 
Breckeiiridge co. Ky. 

Hardiston, t. Sussex co. NJ. 
Pop. 2,160. 

Hardwtck, p-t. Caledonia co. 
\t. on the Lamoil, 21 m. NE. 
Montpelier. Pop. 867. 

Hardwtck, p-t. Worcester co. 
Mass. 22 m. NW. Worcester, 70 



W. Bo.ston. Pop. l,83t;. 

Hordwick, t. Warren co. A.^ 
10 m. SW. Newton. Pop. 3,3('(i. 

Hardy, co. ^'a. Pop. 5,700. 
Slaves 914. 

Hardy, t. Coshocton co. O. 
Pop. 512. 

Harford, t. Susauehannali eo- 
Pa. Pop. 642. 

Harford, CO. MA. Pop. 15,924. 
Slaves 3,320. Chief t. Bellair. 

Harford, p-t. Harford co. Md. 
on Bush river, at the head of tide 
w^ater, 9 m. SE. Bellair, 25 NE. 
Baltimore. 

Harlan, co. Ky. Pop. 1,961. 
Slaves KKr 

Harlem, p-t. Kennebec co. Me. 
16 m. E. Augusta. Pop. 862. 

Harlem, Sv.e Hacrlem. 

Harlfm, t. Delaware co. Ohio, 
on Big Walnut creek. Pop. 213. 

Harm an bottom. Pa. a Roman 
f^atholic settlement, 14 m. fr. 
Bedford. 

} far man'' s creek, Va. joins 
the Ohio, 1 mile above Stenben- 
viUe. 

Harmony, p-t. Somerset co. 
Me. 25 E. m. Norridgewock. Pop. 
584. 

Hnrniom/, p-t. Cliatatique co. 
NV. 15 m. S. Mayville. Pop. 8^!5. 

Jfarmony, p-t. Butler co. Pa. on 
Conaquenesing creek. Pop. 217. 
25 m. NVV. i'ittsburg. — t. Susque- 
hannah co. Pop. 1 to. 

Harmony, t. (^lark eo. O. Pop. 
1,412.— Delatvare CO. 133. 

Harmony, p-t. and cap. Posey 
CO. In. on the Wabash. It was 
settled by a roliijiciis sect from 
(lermany, called llaimoriists, and 
was recently purchased by Mr. 
Owen. It contained a handsome 
village wdth a church, and about 

houses ; a cotton factory, wool- 
len factory, and flour mill, all mov- 
ed bv steam, a woollen hose facto- 



. 4 ibrg-^w, and a distillery ; the :NV. 17 miles from Bingharntoi 

.'inufactiire of shoes, hats, har-j Harpdh,r. Ten. fall fl into th. 

ness, baskets, straw hats, various Cumhcrland, 19 m. NW. Nash 

kinds of cjtlnry, &c. was exten- ville. It isnavigabk for boats t/ 

«ive. The farrns exhibit grf;}>,t Franklin. 

order and neatness ; the vine is Harpsv;ell, t. Cumberland en. 
plantedand beginsitobe profitable. Me. 40 m. E. Portland. Pop. 125(). 

Harmany, ArkansaK Ter. a: Harrington, t. Bergen co.NJ- 
missionarv station among the Pop. 2.200. 

Osage Indians, formed 1821 by Harriihorr/txgk, t. Richmond 
J-.he United Foreign Mission So- co. Ga. a little above A ngUnta. 
ciety. It is situated on the Ma-' Harrisfn/.rf<, p-t. I>cwis co. NY. 
rias de Cein, a good mill .stream, 20 m. t'r. Brownvillc. Pop. 52^». 
6 m abo^e its junri;ion with Osage; Harrishvr^h^ T)-t. Dauphin co. 
river. TJie tract of land given Pa. and cap. of the state, is regu- 
bvthe Indiaiis for the US'? of the larly laid out on the E. bank of 
Mission contains about 1.5,CKJ0 ,i- Susqnehannah river, over which 
cres.i.-, very fertile and well EUppli- is a bridge, a mile in length. 97 
ed with timber and stone for build- rn. WNW. Phii'ifJelphia, 184 PI 
ina- Good coal is found within Pittsburg, 110 fr. Washington, 73 

*'ew rods of the settlement. In fr. Baltimore. Lat.4^r-'ltt' >'. It 

;2-5, the sch<^M>l contained 28 contain!? a court-house, jail, f< 
^sage children. 15 m. fr. Great churches, 2 for Presbyterians, and 
O-age village, 80 m. SVV. Fortl for Lutherans, and about 400 
O^age. 'dwelling-houses, principally of 

//flrperWeyryo-v.JefTerson CO. brick and stone. The state has 
Va. on the Potomac, at the mouth appropriated $(120,000 for the 
of the Shenandoah, 21 m. WSW. erection of a capitol, the two 
Fredericktown, 24 EN'E. Win- wing? of which are already built, 
cheater, 57 :N\V. Washington The space left between the v/ing« 
city. Pop. in 1 82 v, about VijOO.hi 320 feat. Th*i site of thebuild- 
The passage of the Potomac ing is a plat of 10 acres, elevatr^ 
through the Bloe-Ridge at this 28" feet above the plain on v/hich 
plac<j, is celebrated for its grand- the town stands. Pop. 2,99'^>. 
ear and magnificence. Here ih //«r/-M//Mrg-, t. Gallia co. O. on 
an extensive' establishment be- the Ohio, 7 m. S. Gallipolis- 
lonmng to the f. S. for the man- Harrison, t. Cumberland co. 
nfacture of arms. The usaal Me. 41 > W. Portland- Pop. 789. 
namber of men employed is about HarriMm, p-t. Cortlsfndt co. 
235, and the annual expense has .VV. Pop. 807. 15 nu SE. Ho- 
been on an a^-erage, about mer. 

.$10O,0rX). ' Harriic/nX. W.Coestercfj. NT- 

Harpcnjubl. p-t. Delaware "-J- 5^» ( ;. >'E.>^ew York. Pop. 994. 

:.Y. 20 m. NE.' Delhi, 56 SW. HarriMm, co. \ a. Pop. 1^932. 

. . ihany, 51 fr. CatskilL Pop. 1884. Slave* 569. Chief t. Clarksburg. 

Harjtertfidd. p-t. Ashtabula co. Harrlv/n, co Kv. Pop. 12,273. 

O. on Grand river, 10 m. V^ . Jef-Stavrn 2,138 Chief t. Cynthiana. 

lerson. Pop. 763. //armor?, Ci. Oh 'O. Pop. 14,345. 

HarpersrWe, p-v. Broome co.Chieft. Cadi:'. 



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llarrison, 13 towns, Ohio, viz 
t. Champaign co. Pop. S:i2. — 
Dark 607.— p-t. Franklin 426.- 
t. Gallia 472— Hamilton— Jack 
son 222 — Kno.x — Licking 357— 
MuBkingnm — Pickaway 5*34— 
Preble 815— Ross— Stark 518. 

Harrison, co. Ind. Pop. 7875 
Chief t. Corydon. 

Harrison, t. Franklin co. Ind 
on White-water river, 8 m. fr. its 
mouth, 24 NVV. Cincinnati. Here 
are ancient mounds. 

Harrisonburg, \)-t. and cap 
Rockingham co. Va. on a branch 
of the Shenandoah, 25 m. NW. 
Staunton, 52 SW. Strasburg. It 
contains a court-house, jail, and 2 
churches, 1 for Episcopalians, and 
1 for Methodists. 

Harrisori's, station of the 
American Bo;u'd of Missions, in 
the Cho.^,taw iiation, near Pearl 
river, about 100 m. SE. Elliott. 

Harrisonville, p-t. and caj) 
Monroe co. 111. on the Mississippi, 
opposite Herculaneum, 30 S. St, 
Louis, 85 SW. Vandalia. 

"^arrisville, p-t. Medina co. O 
Pop. 231. — p-t. Harrison co. 9 m' 
SE. Cadiz. 

Harrodsburg, p-t. and cap. 
Mercer co. Ky. on Salt river, 10 
m. N. by W. Danville, 33 m. from 
Frankfort. It contains about 80 
houses, a bank, and a church. 
Here is a mineral spring, from 
which epsom salts are obtained, 
and sold under the name of Har- 
rodsburg salts. 

HarroiVs creek, r. runs into th? 
Ohio, 10 m. above Loviisville. It 
has falls near its mouth. 

Hart, CO. Ky.Pop. 4,184. Slaves 
596. Chief t.' Munfoidsvilie. 

Hartford, p-t. Oxford co. Me. 
12 m. NG. Paris. Pop. 1,133. 

Hartford, p-t. Windsor co. Vt. 
o.n Conu'^'-tirnt riror. It ha^ 3 



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churches, and 2 considerable vil 
lages — White river village, where 
is a large cotton factory, besides 
some other mills ; and Queechy 
village which contains a woollen 
factory, a copper-plate printing- 
press, &c. Here also many me- 
chanical trades are pursued to 
some e.\tent. Pop. 2,010. 14 m. 
N. Windsor, 42 SE. Monti)e- 
lier. 
Hartford, co. Ct. Pop. 47264. 
Hartford, city, Hartford co. Ct. 
and one of the capitals of the 
State, is regularly laid out, on the 
W. bank of Connecticut river, 50 
m. from its mouth, 14 N. Middle- 
town, 34 NNE. New Haven, 42 
NW. New London, 74 W. Provi- 
dence, 94 SE. Albany, 100 WSW. 
Boston, 123 NE. New York. It is 
advantageously situated lor trade, 
being at the head of sloop naviga- 
tion, and having an extensive, fer- 
tile, and thrifty back country. 
The amount of shipping owned 
here is about 9,000 tons. Pop. 
6,901. 

The public buildings are a state- 
house, state arsenal, 3 banks, one 
of which is a U. S. branch bank, 
2 insurance companies, 8 printmg- 
ofilces, from 5 of whicli newspa- 
pers are issued, a nuiseum, an a- 
ademy, the college editices, an 
asylum for the deaf and diimb, and 
7 churches. I'here are al.'.o 8 dis- 
tilleries, and manufacturing es- 
tablishments of various kinds. An 
elegant bridge over the Connecti- 
r.it, built at an e.xpense of more 
than |> 100,000 connects the towii 
with East Hartford. 

Washington college was open- 
ed here in 1824. Two college 
edifices are erected, one of which 
s 150 feet long, 4 stories high, 
ind contain3 rooms suflicicnt 
or 100 ptndentf! : the other en n- 



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laiiis the chapel, library, (feciWindsor. Pop. 2,55^. 
J^he officers are a president, 4 pro-: Hartland, p-t. Hartford CO. CX. 
fessors, and 1 tutor. Students 50. 22 m. NW. Hortford. Pop. 1,254. 
The American Asylum for the Harflarul, p-t. IViagara co. NY. 
education of the deaf and dumb,;on Lake Ontario, 12 i\E. Lock- 
nrstablished in this city in 1817, isport. Pop. 1,448. 
the first institution of the kind on' Harfleton, p-t. Unicjri co. Pa. 
the continent. It is under Pop. 1,2.39. 

the direction of the Rev. Tho-j Hartleysiov}n^ t. Union co. Pa. 
mas H. Gallaudct, who vi-'Pop. 75. 

i^ited the celebrated schools in{ Ilarfvieirs basin, v. Monroa co. 
Europe to qualify himself for thejNY.on the canal, 13 F^. Rochester, 
charge. He has 5 assi.'?tants. Inj Harturkk, p-t. Otsego co. NY. 
U)18, the Congress of the U. S. on the Susquehannali, 6 m. S\V. 
made a generous grant to the asy-jCooperstown, 71 W. Albany. Pop. 
lum of more than 23,000 acres of 2,579. in 1816 a Literary and 
land, the avails of which, toge-j Theological Seminary was estab- 
iher with individual donations, lished here by members of the 
now constitute the permanent Lutheran church. It has about 
fund, amounting to 1-215,539 ; ofj.'SO students. 

this sum, .$80,000 are available.] Harvard, p-t. Worcester co. 
When all the funds are collected Ms. 20 VE. Worcester. Pop.1597. 
and secured, it is believed that I J-f award College. See Cam- 
the annual expense of each \)Mu\\ hridge. 

will not exceed 75 dollars. The. Harwich, p-t. Barnstable co. 
number of fiupils received into Ms. 15 E. Barnstable. Pop. 1980. 
the asylum since its establish I Harvnnton, p-t. Litchfield co. 
ment, "including those now pre-jCt. on Naugatuck river, 23 m. W. 
sent, is 128 : of this number one Hartford. Pop. 1,500. 
half were from Massachusetts, i Haihwf/agh, or HatJieU, p-t. 
About 100 of the whole number jMontgornery co. Pa. on Panepac 
have been supported by public oi-nrreek, which runs into the Dela- 
private charity. Various me-. ware. 5 m. above Frankfort. Pop. 
chanical trades have been recent- 756. 
jy introduced among the pupils. ^ //af/^/iy, navigable r. Ten. runs 

Hartford, p-t. Washington co. into the Missi.=.sippi. 
NY. 8 m. NE."Sa.ndyhiil,54N. Al- HatfMd, p-t. Hampshire co. 
bany. Pop. 2,493.' Ms. on the W. bank of Connecti- 

//ar(/or</, p-t. and cap. Piila-ski cut river, 5 m. N. Northampton, 
ro. Ceo. on theOakmulgee, 50m.iPop. 823. 
fr. Milledgeville. Hatieras, Cape,!^C. Lon 75'' 30' 

Hartford, p-t. and cap. Ohio W. Lat. 35° 15' N. 
CO. Ky. Here is a bank. Hoverford, t. Delaware co. Pa. 

Hartford, t. Licking CO. O. Pop. Pop. 786. 
285. — p-t. Trumbull CO. Pop. 62o. Haverhill, n-t. and half-shire, 

Hartland, t. Somerset co. Me. Grafton co. Mi. on Connecticut 
Pop. 411. river, .30 m. above Dartmouth col- 

//ar^/anri, p-t. Windsor CO. Vt. lege, 31 NW. Plymouth, 70 N. 
'in f'onncrticut river, 7 m. above Concord. Pop. 1,W9. The viU 



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lagc is handsomely built, and con- 
tains about 50 dwelling-liouses, a 
court-house, jail, the Grafton 
bank, a printing-office, academy, 
and Consiregational church. 

Haverhill, p-t. Essex co.lVlass. 
pleasantly situated on the N. side 
of Merrimack river, 12 :n. WSW. 
Ncwburyport, 27 N. Salem, 31 N. 
Boston. Pop. 3,070. It contains 
4 churches, 3 for Congregational- 
ists, and 1 for Baptists, a bank, 2 
printing-offices, and several man- 
ufacturing establishments. The 
river is navigable to this place for 
vessels uf 100 tons, and the trade 
with the back country is coiiside- 
rable. Ship building is carried on 
here to some extent. A handsome 
bridge across the Merrimack, 660 
feet long, connects Haverhillwith 
Bradford. 

Havcrsii-mo, p-t. Rockland co. 
NY. on the Hudson. Haverstraw 
bay is the e-vpansion of the river 
at this place, and is 4 miles wide 
and 6 in length. Here are seve- 
ral iandings,"3 forges, and a small 
village with an academy and 
rhurch. 36 m. N. New " Vork. 
Pop. 2,700. 

Haore ds Grnce^ p-t. and port 
of entry, Harford co. Md. on the 
W. side of the Susquehannaii 
near its confluence with Chesa 
peake bay, 37 m. NE. Baltimore 
65 WSW. Philadelphia. Lon. 76^ 
12' W. Lat. Sd° 3;V TV. 

][<iw, r. NC. joins Deep river 
to form the NW. branch of the 
Caoe Fear. 

jlaweis, Ga. station of the A- 
luorican Board of Missions, in the 
C'h'jrokee country. 55 m. S. 
Brainerd. 

flaivki\t. Rockingham CO. NH. 
19 iTivSW. Portsmouth. Pop. 421. 

Haivkins^co. Ten. Pop. 10,949. 
sS'laves^J,33l. Chief t. Rogers. 



Haivley, p-t. Franklin co. Ms. 
14 m. SW. Greenlieid, 120 'VV. 
Boston. Pop. 1,0159. 

Haycock, t. Bucks co. Pa. Pop. 
926. 

Hayncs, t. Centre co. Pa. Pop. 
2,350. 

Htii^ivood, CO. NC. Pop. 4,073. 
Slaves 274. 

Uaywoodsbo7-ough, p-t. C'hat- 
ham CO. NC. on the NW. branch 
of Cape Fear river, at the forks, 
40 m. above Fayettevillc, 46 from 
Raleigh. Efforts are making to 
extend the navigation of the river 
to this place. 

Heath, p-t. Franklin co. Ms. 12 
NW. Greenfield. Pop. 1,122. 

Hebron, ])-t. Oxford co. Me. 35 
N. by W. Portland. Pop. 1,727. 

Hebron, p-t. Grafton co. Nil. 
40 m. N. Concord. Pop. 572. 

Hebron, \)-t. Tolland co. Ct. 20 
m. SE. Hertford. Pop. 2,094. 

Htbran, p-t. Washington co. 
\V. 6 m. N. Sitlem. Pop. 2,754. 

Hector, p-t. Tom})kins co. NV. 
17 m. W. Ithaca. Pop. 4,012. 

HeideUmrg, t. Lebanon co. Pa. 
33 m. E. Harrishura-, 74 NW. Phi- 
ladelphia. J*op. 2,381.— York CO. 
Pop. 1,313.— Berks co. 3,605. — 
Lehigh co. 1,900. 

Helderbergs, or Helkbergs, a 
chain of hills proceeding N. from 
the Catskill mountains, to the 
Mohawk near Schenectady. 

Helena, p-t. and cap. Phillips 
CO. Ark. on the Mississij^pi, 12 m. 
below the St. Francis. 

Htllgale. S(-.e Horl-gat. 

Hdnrn,\'mkco. Pa. Pop. 2,062. 

Hemlock lake. See Honeoy. 

Hemlock, t. Columbia co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,464. 

llemjjjield, t. Westmoreland co. 
Pa. Pop. 3,885. — Lancaster co. 
on the Susqiiehannah. Pop. 3,3.W. 

Hempstead, p-t. Queens co. .\ V. 



11 K It 12,. 

n the S, side of Long Island, 22 

,. K. Now York. Pop. .'S,939. 

' 'rjiiipstend plains lio principally 

, tliis town, and are 15 miles 

Ictnjr by 4 broad. 

Hempstead, co. Arkansas. Pop. 
• n 1 a2.5, 2,.5.52. Slaves 3.39. 

Henderson, p-t. JeffV-rson co. 

y. en Lako Ontario. Pop.1919. 

Henderson, I. Huntington co. 
,^a. Pop. 1,07.3. 

Henderson, co. Ky. Pop. 5,714. 
-J jvos 2,285. 

Henderson, p-t. cap. Henderson 
f;o. Ky. on the Ohio, 75 in. below 
LcMiisville, 203 from Lexington. 

Hendricks, co. Indiana. 

Henfopen, Cape, Del. the SW. 
jjoJnt 8t the entrance of Delaware 
bav, 28 m. fr. Cape May. Lon 
7rp 6' W. Lat. 380 47' N. Here 
is a light-houee. 

Henniker, p-t. Merrimack co 
NH. 15 W. Concord. Pop. 1900. 

Hrnrico, co. Va. Pop. 11,600 
Slaves 5,417. Chief t. Richmond. 

Henrietta, p-t. Monroe co. NV. 
on Genesee river. 11 m. S. Ro 
»heFter. Pop. 2,181, 

Henry, CO. Vd,. Pop.5G24. Sla's. 
2178. Chief t. Martinsville. 

Henry, Cape, Va. the S. point at 
the entrance of Chesapeake bay, 
12 m. S. Cape Charlea. Lon. 76° 
W. Lat. 36° 58' N. 

Henry, co. Al. Pop. 2,638. 
■^lavfcs 626. 

Henry, co. Ky. Pop. 10,816. 
j?laves 2,004. Chief t. xXewcastle. 

Henry, co. Ohio, on Maurnee 
river. Chief t. Damascus. 

Henry, co. Indiana. 

Henry, co. Illinois. 

Hercalaneurn, p-t. and cap. Jef- 
jerson CO. Mo. on the Mississippi, 
at the mouth of Joachim creek, 
which affords a good harlxjur for 
Iciats. It stands in the vicinity 



Jl J i, 

ers for tlie manufactory of sJj'j 
A few miles north arc sulphu/ 



ipnngf: 



30 m. S. .St. Louis, S5 



^E. Potosi. 

Hereford,i. Berks co. Pa. Pop- 
1,431. 

Herkimer, co. NY. Pop. ial825, 
33,040. 

Herkimer, p-t. and cap. Herki- 
mer CO. NY. on the .N'. bank of 
the Mohawk. Pop. 3,0.55. The 
village of Herkimer stands on the 
W. side of Canada creek, and 
contains th;# court-house, jail, a 
church, and a printing-office, from 
which a weekly nev/spaper is is- 
sued; in the vicinity are several 
mills. 14 m. SE. Utica, 79 W. 
Albany. 

Herman, t. Penobscot co. Me. 7 
m. W. Bangor. Pop. 277. 

Heron, i«l. near the coast of Ai. 
Lon. Wfi Vs. Lat. 30= 10' N. The; 
channel has 4 feet water. 

Herring Bay, Md. on the W. 
shore, 26 m. S. Annapolis. 

Hertford, CO. NC. Pop. 7,712. 
Slaves 3,244. Chief t. Win1/jn.^ 

Hertford, p-t. and cap. Perqui- 
mans CO. NC. pleasantly situated 
on Perquimans river, and a place 
«5f some trade. 18 NE. Edenton. 

Hickman, co. Ten. Pop. 6,080. 
Slaves 700. Chief t. Vernon. 

Hicksford, p-t. cap. Greensville 
CO. Va. 

Highgate, p-t. Franklin co. Vt. 
on Missisque bay, 33 m. N. Bur- 
lington. Pop. 1,250. 

Highland, co.Ohio. Pop. 1 2,308 . 
Chief t. Hillsborough. 

Highland, t. Muskingum co. 
O. 15 NE. Zanesville. Pop. 577. 

Highlands, NY. a rnountainotfs 
tract, 18 rniles wide, through 
which the Hudson flows. The 
highest summit is Beacon hill, or** 
Grand Saciifjn, in Fishkill, which 



r the lead nfkiea and has 3 tow-jis J ,685 i'tet above the level of the 




11 1 L 
iiea. The passage througl 
highlands is exceedingly grand. 
In its course the river passes be- 
tweentwo lolty mount ains,Break- 
neck, or Colleberg, on the E. and 
Butter hill on the W. Butter hill 
is 1529 feet in height ; near it is 
the cascade, called Buttermilk 
falls, Putnam's rock lies in t)ie 
river, with its surface' above the 
water, at the foot of Butter hill, 
from the summit of which it was 
tumbled, in 1778, by a party under 
Col. Putnam. Belo.v this the 
river passes between West Point, 
and the Sugar loaf, a lofty moun- 
tain on the E. shore. Fifteen 
miles below West Point, is the 
Horse race, a narrow crooked 
strait between Dunderberg, or 
Thunder hill, on the W. aiid An- 
thony's nose on the E. soon after 
which the river passes Stony 



12.4 11 I A 

the Icigh, 180 WNW. Newbern. Ii 



is situated in a hilly, healthy, and 
fertile coiintry, and contains 
about 80 houses, a court-house, 
jail, brick Presbytorian church, 
and an academy. 

Hillsho?-uugh, t. Madison co 
A1.18m. N. Huntsville. 

Hillsborougky p-t. and caj). 
Highland co. O. 35 m. N W. Chil- 
iicothe, contains a court-house, 
jail, printing-office, Lancaster 
school, 2 churches, and about 60 
dwelling-houses. l\)p.508. 

Hillsborongh^ r. Florida, runs 
into the gulf of Florida. Lon. 8P 
30' W. Lat. 28^ 36' xN. 

HillshoroKghy Kspiritn Santo. 
or Tampa hni/, the most spacious 
bay on the W. coast of Florida, 
has 24 feet water, is easy of acces-<. 
and well sheltered. 60 m. froiu 
LakeGeoree. Lon. 83° W. Lat. 



Point, which projects from the 27° 36' N. 

W. shore at the S. extremity of Hillstwro\ p-t. and cap. Mont 



1 he highlands. 

Hightower, station of the 
American Board of Missions, in 
the Cherakee country on Etowee 
river, 80 SSE. Braiiierd, 35 S. 
Carmel. 

Hilliar, t. Knox co. Ohio. Pop. 
241. 

Hillsbormigh, co. NH. sq. m. 
1245. Chief towns, Amherst and 
Hopkinton. Pop. 53,884. 

Hillsborough^ p-t. Hillsboro' 
CO. NIL 24 W. Concord, lop. 
1,982. 

Hillsborough, t. Somerset co. 
NJ. 15 W. New-Brunswick. Pop. 
2,885. 

Hillsborough, p-v. Caroline co. 
Md. on the Tuckahoe. 7 m. SE. 
by S. Denton, 26 SSW. Chester. 

Hillsborough, p-t. and cap. Or- 
ange co. NC. on Eno river, 17 m. 
above its confluence with Little 
and Flat rivers, 41 m. NW. Ra- 



gomery CO. 111. 25 IVW. Vandali 

Hilisdnle, p-t. Columbia co 
NY. 16 m. E. Hudson. Pop. 2,511. 

Hilltoivn, p-t. Bucks co. Pn 
Pop. 1,501. 

Hilton head, isl. SC. near th. 
mouth of Savannah river. Lon 
30° 20' W. Lat. 22,° 10' N. 

HinJostaUy p-t. and cap. Martin 
CO. In. 

Hiiii'sbvrg, p-t. Chittenden co. 
Vt. 12 SE. Burlington. Pop. 1332. 

Hinghmn, p-t. Suifolk co. Ms. 
on a small bay, 14 m. SE. Boston. 
Pop. 2,857. It contains 3 churches, 
and a well endowed academy. 

Hinsdale, old Fort Dummer, 
p-t. Cheshire co. NH.on Connect- 
icut river, at the continence of 
the Ashuelot. 75m. SW. Concord. 
Pop. 890. 

Hinsdale,p-t. Berkshire co. Ms. 
15 m. NE. Lenox. Pop. 822. 

Hifisdale, p-t. Cataraiigus ^o. 



H di L 'l-io U {') (^ 

VV. 16 m. SE. Ellicottvillo, Pop. , Holmeshurgh^ p-t. Philadelp/i - 
047. (co. Pa. on J'aiicpack creek, J'' 

Hiram, p-t. Oxford co. Me. on.fr. Philadelphia. 
thf; Saco. 34 SW. Paris. Pop. 7^i().| Holmes' Hole, p-v. Dukes co 

:/rram, p-t. Portage co. O. onj.Ms. on Martha'fi- vineyard island, 
' iiyahoga river, 12 m. NE. Piaven-|9rn. fr. Falinouth, 91 SK. liostori. 
iia. Pop. 296. IT ho harbour is HpaciouH Dnd Haf'e, 

//iwa*.*ce,r. Ten. joins TenncH-jand vi^hscIs bound to the #,aht- 
f;ec river, 70 m. above the .Suck, jward are often detained here, 

Hohoken p-t. liergen co. NJ.lwaitin^ for a wind, to pasH the 
on the HudHon, opposite New-UhoalB offOipe Cod. Thf, villajfe 
York. jeontains a church, and about 70 

Hockhfjcking, r. Ohio, runs intojhoiiHef^. 
the Ohio at Troy. Near its Hource' HolmesvilM, p-t. and cap. Pik^; 
IS a perpendicular fall of about 4<"jjco. Mis^isHippi. 
feet, and 25 rn. below, another of j Holsifrn, r. Ten. uniteB with 
.7 feet. With these interniption8,!Ciinch river at KingHton, to form 
the river is navigable 70 rn. At the TenncBHee. It iw deep, and 
the upper falls are several mills. [is navigable 70 m. with the inter- 

Ilockin^, CO. Ohio. Pop. 2,130. ruption of a fall of 7 fexjt. Near 
■Chief t. Logan. lits oouree, 7 rn. \W. LtnCaster, 

Hocking, t. Fairfield co. Ohio, i.-^ a fall of 40 feet. 



Pop. 2,2.36. 

Hohkn, p-t. Worcester co. Win. 
6 m. N. Worcester, 51 from Bos- 



Hoiijnke. See Mrmnf Holynkf. 
Homer, p-t. Ojrtlandt co. .NT. 
lies in a wide valley water- 



ton. Pop. 1,402. led by the Tioughnioga. Pop. 

Hotdtrness, p-t. Grafton co.|55<^)4. The village of Horner \n 
fill, on the Merrim.o.ck, 40 rn. :\.:built principally on a single street 
<yOncord. Pop. 1,100. jon the W. bank of l.-ie river, and 

Holland, t. Orleans co. V't. .^6,contains a printing-office, an acad- 
in. NE. Montpelier. Pop. 100. emy, and I'resbyterian church. 

y/oZ/an(/, p-t. Hampden CO. Ms. :26 .S. Onond^iga, 40 N. Ov/ego, 
20 m. E. .Springfield, 75 m. W. fr. 140 W. Albany. 
Boston. Pop. 453. /iomer, t. Athens co. O. Pofi 

Ifolland, p-t. Erie co. NY. Pop.' 199. 
768 24 m. SE. Buffrilo. ; Hmnr,chiUn, r. Mi. joins th' 

Hoiks, p-t. Hillsboro' co. NH. Missisfcipj)! above Fort Adams. 
9 n. S. Amherst, .36 .S. Concord, Honeoye, a creek, NY. which 
4/) NW. Boston. Pop. 1,543, Tcceives the vrd.U-.rn of 3 small 

HoUfrij, p-v. Orleans co. NV. on lakes — Honeoye, Hemlock, and 
the canal, 5 m. W. Prockport. Caneadea, and falls into the Geri- 

HoUis, p-t. York co. Me. on Sa-^esee at Avon, 
CO river, 42 rn. N. V'ork. Pop. Hor)j>y brook, p-t. Chester c 
1,7^. Pa. Pop. 1,322. 

Holliston, p-t. Middlesex co.' Hooksett, p-t. Merrimack co. 
-M«. 27 m. SW. Boston. Pop. ;NH. on the Merrimack, at Hook- 
j ,042. isett fallK. The river here descen^f 

}hlm£9, CO, O. Chicft, Millers-'IB feet in the courfie of 30 for* 
btjrgfi. 9 m. ,'-'. rori'»ord 



iloosack, mt. in VVilliamstown, 
Mass. one of tlie loftiest sumiuits 
of llic Green Mountains. 

Hoosack, r. NV. falls into the 
Hudson at Schasrhticoko point. 

Hoosack, or If-foxick, p-t. Rens- 
selaer CO. NV. on tlie Hoosack. 
The river here has faJls of 41) feet 
at which is a small village, called 
Hoosack-falls, containing a 
church, and several mills. Far- 
sons' patent machines for shear- 
ing cloth are constructed htre. 
Two miles S. is Hoosack 4 cor- 
ners, another small village, near 
which is a slate quarry extensive- 
ly wrought. Fop. in 1823, 3481. 
20 m. ^E. Troy, 8. W. Benning- 
ton. 

Hope, p-t. Lincoln co. Me. 35 
m. NE. Wiscassct. Fop. 1,179. 

Hope,t. Hamilton CO. NY. Fop. 
G08. 23 NE. Johnstown. 

Hopejield, t. Phillips co. Arkan- 
sas, on the Mississippi'., opposite 
Chickasaw Blufls. Fop. 498. 

Hopejield, station of the United 
Foreign Mission Society, among 
the Osages of Arkansas. 4 m. fr. 
t'jiion. 

Hopeville, NY. See Otsego. 

Hopewell, p-t. Ontario co. NY. 
Pop. 2,000. 4 E. CJanandaigua. 

Hopewell, t. Cumberland co. 
NJ. Pop. 1,952. 

Hopnoell, t. Hunterdon co. NJ. 
on Delaware river, 11 m. N. Tren- 
ton, 14 W. Princeton. Pop. 2831. 

Hopewell, 5 town.s, Pa. viz. t. 
York CO. Pop. 1,630. — t. Cum- 
berland 820.— p-t. Bedford 1,327. 
— tHuntingdonl,047. — Washing- 
ton 2,186.— Beaver 1,035. 

Hopewell, Ohio t. Licking co. 
Pop. 657. — Perry co. 5 m. N. Som- 
erset, Pop. 137. — Muskingum co. 
lU m. VV. Zanesville, Pop. 1,2.59. 

Hopki/is, CO. Ky. I*op. 5,322. 
Slaves 902. Cln: t. MaitisonviUe. 



12G HOW 

HopkinsviUe, p-t. and clfcK 
Christian CO. Ky. 73 in. from Nash- 
ville. It has a cou rt-house, jail, ' 
and academy. Pop. 1,500. 

Hopkinton, p-t. Merrimack co. 
NH. 7 m. W.Concord. Pop. 2437. 

Hopkinton, p-t. Middlesex co. 
Ms. 32 m. SW. Boston. Pop. 
l,t)55. 

Hopkinton, p-t. Washington co. 
RI. 30 m. SW. Providence. Pop. 
1,821. 

Hopkinton, p-t. St. Lawrence 
CO. NY. 40 m. K. Ocdensburg, 23 
WSW. Malone. Pop. 581. 

Horlgat, corruptly written 
Hellgate, a strait in F^ast river, 
NY. ^8 m. from New-York, be- 
tween the islands of Manhattan 
and Parsell on the N W. and Long- 
Island on the SE. Here are nu- 
merous whirlpools, the roaring of 
which at certain times of the tide 
is tremendous. Vessels of a.ny 
burden, however, may be con- 
ducted through the strait by a 
skilful pilot. 

Hornellsville,t. Steuben co.NY. 
on the C'anistco, a navigable river, 
20 m. W. Bath. 

Horry, district, SC. Pop. 
5,025. Slaves, 1,434. 

Ho7'sham, t. Montgomery co, 
Fa. Pop. 1,081. 

Hosick. See Hoosack. 

f tot springs. See Bath co. Va. 

Hoiinsjitid, I Jefferson co. NY, 
Pop. 3,429. 

Housatonmic, r. rises in Mass. 
and running S. across Connecti- 
cut, enters Long Island Sound. 
In the latter part of its course, it 
is called Stratford river. It is 
navigable for small vessels, 12 m. 
to Derby. The descent of the 
river from the N. line of Connect- 
icut, is about 612 feet. 

Howard, p-t. Steuben co iV\'. 
12 m. W Bath. Vov.^^4(^■ 



II HUD 127 n f D 

I Jloward,i.CenVTCo.Pd.}^opAO'j!j. H third not yt;t finish*^] ; <> »atir- 
• //otcart/, CO. Mo. Hop. l'J,42fi. «:rt w an u factories which eujpl<>y 
^glaveb ii^/rfi:* Chief t. Fr-i/ikJifi. ivj pfT^oni?, arnJ rnqk«i annually 
1^ 



IJovjard$ hlvff^ I r;aij. Cole CO. 0>4,(H>O vards ofclolii : ;» fi.<ina<ii 
Wo. on tn<i MiBBOuri, 12 m. W, manoractory nm;>\oyiii'j .Ht per- 



Jeff'crson city. ibojw, and making annually 4^,(KI0 

Hf/iJodl. t, Monmoath co. NJ, 'yards ol" superior g'MxItj ; a moroc- 
Pop .3,'J54. ico and (skin-dr«i«»ing eBtahliwh- 

Howland, t. Trumbull co. Ohio, orient , a carj>et man u factory, 
4 ra E. Warren. Pop. 472. which employe i2^i ^n^rnnuu and 

HvMhard, t. TrumhiiU co. O.iproduce* yearly JO,<XM> yardi} 
U; m .SfJ. W rren. Pop. 843. Ithe capital eroplov«;<J in ih«; a>>'.»ve 

Hvhhardton, p-t. Rutland co. wofk« its e«timatf;d 3i more, ti^ian 
Vt. 5'Jm. .SVV. l^oritmilinr. Pop. 'irAi' amil!io»i 4»oll«<>. Hp-re are, 
: 10. A parlor Gfcii. St. Clair's ar-!>';BidetB, 4 Oirtlleriew. and an 
mv was df;/*eated hf:re OR their rf:-cxtfeni5ive 'r>rf!W>'ry. Th»- adjacent 
trfiaJt from TicoJ^Jer</ga,Jrilyl777. country ako Hl>oijnd(« with manu- 

Huhhard$toum^ p-C VV'orc<i«t*;r factories, whoee pro'iuct* centre 
CO. Ms. 21 m. .V. Worc^jKter, 60<'hieflyat Hudfcon. H ik the fonrth 
from B*>ston. Pop. I.^j7. (town m r^onunerce »»!<• ma/iul'act- 

/f»."i#on, citV; port of •Dtrv, and'jre* in the state. .Shipping in 
'up. Columbia co. .N'V. on th*i ]H}o, Mii) torn. l'tj\i. b^U) 30 
fliid«on, which is navigable to rn. .'». Albany, 117 \. New-V'ork. 
thi* place, for the iarfeet Khipfe. Lon. 7.'^ 45' W. I^i. 42® 14' N, 
its ifite i»» a l>old proumiiUtry //w<f»ow, r. NV. one of the beet 
which here proj«ct«5 into the nv«r:ri»ere for navi«^Htion in America, 
forming on each Bide of tEe city, riB<.« in tt^w; mountatnou* region 
a coiiSKJersible bay, b<^>rdr-red bv W. of Lake Chainplajn, and pur- 
lofty bank*. The eaBtern bountf- suing a rtraijfht c^>ur*e W. of S. 
ary ie Claverack creek, a fine inilJ . for more than ;**X> mil*-? (M»mmuai' 
Ktr<;rj'n, which faU» into Kj/i-'^ales with the Atltolw; t>elow 
'jfrf'rvok creek, a mile from the' New Vorkcily. It fiaa ^j remark- 
Hudson. The city is Bupplied al>le expabsione, >^np<^n bay or 
with water, brc>oght in an ai.jae-;«sea, ffaverstrat.' i/ay, ximI a th<rd 
/1i><» /iro.m « KT>ri"p 2 miJea dirtant '•^rtween Fisakill and N'ew Wiod- 
'' ' Jt» only h»re«, tribotary w 

hawk river. T/ie (»l iter water* 
^v.ing into It are mere miil- 
• <'f«u (sUeeli run pa/Jiiie; w lUi elreaai*. 'Du; '<Mtiti and vtfa aaV' 
rA% on bf.»th isidan, crossed b^ njrition aflor<i«:^ bv the H >diK>a, 
f..thfr« <i*. r-2ht angletf. Hud- ■'' . - • - - s a hilly 

c^rjtc; : -; V ' ". , r'.'jes, 1 cjacli . partj- 

Vn<-i.'i':. 'f'r<.>-Kyifiriii.nb, M'l- :iid«, i« 

djiJts, Lp.scopciiian*, Jtiid tniie/-.-? retiiarWo e Us^.l j»i gfct»gra|>fay. 
eabste; at; dCiaetay, a r.>anca»ter ' ; t r-s navigitbie for fehi^nii to Hud- 

M.ho'jl, a ba'ik a.r' ' - • * i n, . jV/r large eioopc to 

fjcefc. Here if «r ^ .<; head of ibe tide, 

v.iiic.fj pr^Miuce a; Vew Vork : and for 

■ Hfds of coarse cot to;, ^->oc>. ; .';c -'.'a;... :- ■.;^r to TfiV, 6 m. f" 



H -\ i^ 

titer, it is connected by canals 
Avith Lakes ('hnmplain and Erie. 
Hudso7i, p-t. Portage co. Ohio, 
12 m. NW. Ravenna, 23 SE. 
Cleveland. Pop. 491. A classi- 
cal and theological institution, 
called the Western Reserve Col- 
lege, was recently located hero ; 
measures are taken for the erec- 
tion of an edifice ; it is established 
nnderthe auspices of Grand river 



age pr 
t. PI' 



Hull^ f. Plymouth co. Ms. on 
the S. side of "Boston harbour, on 
a peninsula 8 m. long, connected 
with Hingham by a mill-dam. T 
ju. E. Boston, 3(> N. Plymouth 
Pop. 172. 

HuUngsburghy p-v. Armstrong 
CO. Pa. 

Hulmesville, p-v. Bucks co. Pa, 

Hume, t. Alleghany co. NY. 13 
m. NW. Angelica. 

Hummelstown, p-t. Dauphin co. 
Pa. on Swetara creek, 10 nu E. 
llarrisburg. Pop. 448. 

Humphries, co. Te. Pop. 4067. 
Slaves 542. Chf. t. Reynoldsburg. 

Hmnjjhreysvilh, p-v. in Derby, 
Ct. on the Naugatuck, 4 m. above 
its confluence with the Housaton- 
nuc. Here are a woollen t'actory, 
cotton factory, and several mills. 
At this place merino sheep were 
first introduced into the U. S. in 
1801, by Gen. Humphreys. 

Hunter, p-t. Greene co. NY. 
Pop. 1,025. 22 m. W. Catskill. 
Here is one of the most extensive 
tanneries in the U. States. 

Hunterdon, co. N J . Pop.28,604 
Chief t. Trenton. 

Hunter sville, p-t. cap. Pocahon 
tas CO. Va. 

Hunting creek, r. Va. runs into 
the Potomac. 

Huntingdon, co. Pa. Pop. 
.20,142. 

Hr.mfingdor}-^ n-t . apdcip. Hnn- 



tingdon co. Pa. on the N. side of 
the Juniatta, 50 m. above its mouth, 
129 E. Pittsburg, 197 W. Philadel- 
phia. Pop. 848. — t. Adams co. 
1,193.— p-t. Luzerne co. 1,274. — 
East, t. Westmoreland co. 1,373. 
—A''ort/i, 2,2\7.— South, 2,004. 

Huntington, t. Chittenden co. 
Vt. 15 SE. Burlington. Pop. 732. 

Huntington, p-t. Fairfield co. 
Ct. on the Housatonnuc, opposite 
Derbv, 17 m. W. New Haven. 
Pop. 2,805. 

Huntington, p-t. Suffolk co. NY. 
on Long Island, 40 m. E. New 
York. Pop. in 1825, 4,540. The 
village of Huntington is built on a 
bay which sets up from the sound, 
with a light-house at the entrance. 
It contains 2 churches, an acade- 
my, and printiag-ofRce. The vil- 
lage of South Huntington, or Ba- 
bylon, is on the S. side of the isl- 
and, in full view of the ocean, and 
a pleasant resort in summer. 

Huntington, p-t. and cap. Car- 
rol CO. Ten. 

Huntington, t. Gallia co. Oliio. 
15 m. NW. GalUpolis. Pop. 474. 
— t. Ross CO. on the Scioto, 3 u\. 
S. Chillicothe. Pop. 981.— Brown 
CO. Pop. 2,350. 

Huntingtoxon, p-t. Calvert co. 
Md. on Hunting creek, 22 m. NE. 
Port Tobacco, 40 fr Annapolis. 

Huntsville, p-t. Otsego co. NY. 
on the Susquehannah, 25 m. SW. 
Cooperstown. Pop. 1,352. 

Huntsville, p-t. and cap. Surry 
CO. NC. 

Huntsville, p-t. and cap. Madi- 
son CO. Ala. near the head waters 
of Indian creek, 10 m. N. of Ten- 
nessee river, 160 from the falls of 
Black warrior, 113 S. Nashville, 
(Ten.) Lon. 87° W. Lat. 34° 
30' N. It is regularly laid out, 
rind contains a court-house, mar^ 
ket.house, ban.k, 2 printing-ofircBSi, 



IBB U? i a b, 

'>meac?iofwhichaweeklynews-j Hifr on, co. Ohio. Pop. fi^frS 
yiper is is9Uf;d,' 2 churchee, 1 forjChief t. iVorwalk. 
iMfcthfxiists and 1 for Prcsbyieri-j /fwron, p-t. Huron co. O. 47 ir 
ans, a>'i about 150 bouseB. It rstW. flfteaveiarid-, 110 N. by E. Co 
supplied with water from a largf- luaibns. Fop. 651. 
spring which gives rise to Indian' Jffuron, r. Ohio, runs into Lake 
<;reek. Most of the cotton raised :Lri(;, C rn. E. Sandusky bav. 
in Madison county, estimated at; f-lv.r»n of Kri^,., t. Allchigai.', 
15,000 bales annually, is purchas-, fills into Lake F^rie, and is boata- 
ed at HuntsvilJe, and sent in wa-jble 50 or 60 wiles. 
gons to Ditto's landing, on Ten- j Hurfm of St. Clair, r. Michigan, 
nessee river, to be shipped to Xew issued from a chain of small lakes 
''.■•leanp. 'in the neighbourhood of Pontiac, 

Hurley, t. Ulster co, NY. 3 rn.|and flows into Lai^e .St. Clair abotr 
. . Kingston. Fop. 1,352. j20ra. above Detroit. 

Huron, lake on the boundary Huron of S>jperio'r,r. SW.Tf: 
between the U, S. and Canada. 'ruri« into lAke Sfiperior, and is ^/. 
Length from E. to W. 218 ra. anu'vard* wide at its raoath. 
from^N. to S. V^). Lon. '609)0: Hyde, eo. NC. Pop. 4,9C7. 
to 84° 3fy W. Lat. 4^© 2ff to 46''-';.Siaves 1,580. Chief t. Germaii- 
10' N. ft receives the waters ofltown. 
Lake Superior and Lake .Michi-j Hyde park, p-t.Or\esLns co. \'t 

§an, and di.scharges itself through '24 rn. \. Montpelier. Pop. 373. 
t. Ciair lake and river, and De-' //y«^//arA:,p-t. Dutchess co..W 
troit river, into Lake Erie. Theon the Hud.son, which i.s her^ 
Manatouliri Islands stretch from skirted by a plain, and adorn';' 
E. to W. aloBg the northern part; with several elegant private ma;, 
of the kke: many of them arei:-;ion«. Tne village, which stanrJ^ 
from 20 to 30 milea long: thes-';:on the plain a quarter of a mile 
and numerous other smaller ifcl- ; from the river, contairuj 2 churcb- 
and.<!, render the navigation, par-jes, and is the seat of an academy 
ticularly in the we«tem part, La- ju rider the charge of Brjnj. Allen, 
tricate and dangerous. Thesteam-'LL. D. to whicTi many student- 
boat from Buffalo occasionally 'rev.»rt, some from remote parts «. 
makea a trip across tliis lake tojtiie country. Pop. 2,.iiJ(}. 8 i.;. 
2Mac kin a w . i .\ . Poughkeepri a - 



ff.'henrvUle, or Bayou Mii/ichac,lt is navigable three montL-s' s; 
. La. one of the outlets of the the year, for vessels drawing 3 O: 
MibSLSsippi. It leaves the main 4 feet water, but during the re;.' 
stream at Mdnchac, 20 m. below of the year it is entirely dry, fror;i 
Baton Piouge, and after an E. the Mississippi Uj the mouth of 
course of 20 mile?, reeejve? Amite Am;te ri^er. 
river; thence its course is -SE. 40 PJjerviUe, co. Lc. Pon. 4.414. 
intil it ioins Lake Mau re pas. Slaves 2,279, 
M2 



i L L 130 I ISi D 

}-ik-hunnah^ Choctaw country, been estimated at 1,200,000 acres' • 



missionary station of the Ameri 
can Board, 30 m. W. Mayhew. 

Jllinois, r. III. ia formed by the 
union of the Kankakee and the 
Desplanes, and traversisg the 
state in a SW. direction nearly 
400 m. joins the Mississippi in Ion. 
90° 18/ W. and lat. 38° 58' 23" N. 
25 m. above the Missouri. At its 
mouth it is 400 yards wide. Above 
the mouth of the Vermillion it is 
obstructed by rapids ; below this 
it has a gentle current, and is na- 
vigable for boats throughout the 
year. 

A canal has been projected to 
unite the head waters of the Illi- 
nois with lake Michigan. The 
Illinois and the Chicago, a south- 
ern river of Lake Michigan, are so 
connected, that in freshets beats 
pass readily from one to the other. 
See Des}tlanes. For the improTe- 
ment of this navigation, the gov- 
ernment of the U. S. have appro- 
priated 110,000 acres of land. 
The distance from the lake at 
Chicago to the lower rapids of the 
Illinois, near the mouth of Vermil- 
lion river — the point at which the 
canal would probably terminate, 
is about 90 miles, and th'? lockage 
probably would not exceed 70 
feet. 

Illinois^ one of the U. S. bound- 
ed N. by the NW. Territory ; E. 
by Indiana; S. by Kentucky ; and 
W. by Missouri. It extends from 
87° 17' to 910 50' W. Ion. and from 
lat. 370 to 42° 30' N. Area about 
59,500 sq. m. or 38,000,000 acres. 
Pop. 55,512. 

The greater part of the state is 
either flat or rolling. Prairies 
constitute two-thirds of its sur- 
face. Those on the Illinoi.s river 



This soil is not inferior to the fust: 
rate river bottoms. Corn is at 
present the staple production. 
Wheat does well, except on the 
bottoms, where the soil is too 
rich. 'Tobacco grows to great 
perfection. Flax, hemp, oats, 
Irish and sweet potatoes, do as 
well as in Kentucky. Among the 
minerals are iron, coal, and cop- 
per. Salt springs a!so are nume- 
rous. — Illinois was admitted into 
the Union in 1818. The seat of 
government is at Vandalia. 

Illinois, p-t. St. Clair co. 111. ad- 
jacent to Cahokia. 

Illinois, r. Arkansas, flows S. 
and joins the Arkansas, 450 m. 
rn. fr. its mouth. On the banks a 
few miles from its mouth arc salt 
springs. 

Illinois, X. Arkansas, on whicli 
is tlie settlement of Dwight. 

Indeperdence, p-t. Alleghany co. 
NY. 18m.SE. Angelica. Pop. 357. 

Independence, t. Sussex co. NJ. 
Pop. 1,850. 

Independence, t. Cuyahoga co. 
OIuo. Pop. 354. 

Independence, t. Bond " f 11. 
on Kaskaskia river. 

Independence, co. Ark. Pop. in 
1825, 2,326. Slaves 197. 

Indiana, co. Pa. Pop. 8,882. 

Indiana, p-t. and cap. Indiana 
CO. Pa. 26 m. SE. Kittaning, 270 
from Philadelphia. Pop. 317. — 
t. Alleghany co. Pop. 1,198. 

Indiana, one Qf the U. S. bound- 
ed N. by Michigan Ter. ; E. by 
Ohio ; S. by Kentucky ; and W. 
by Illinois. It lies between lat. 
370 45' and 41^ 50' N. and between 
Ion. 840 42' and 87° 49' W. Its 
greatest length from N. to S. is 287 
m. and its breadth is 155. Extent 



are the most extensiveof any east [36,000 sq. m. Pop. 147,178. 

of the Mississippi, and have alone A ridge of hills commences in 



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131 



I K A 



he SW. corner of the state, nearimills. It was made the capital o£ 
.he mouth of the Wabash, and the state in 1825. 102 m. fr. Cin- 
runs in a NE. direction, nearly icinnati, 120 N. Louisville, 120 NE. 



parallel with the Ohio, at no great 
distance, producing a broken and 
uneven country. North of these 
hills lie the fiat woods, 70 rniles 
vvide. Bordering on all the prin- 
cipal streams, except the Ohio, 
there are striprj of bottom and 



Vincennes. 

Indian river, NH. one of the 
sources of the Connecticut, unites 
with Leach river in lat. 45° N. af- 
ter a SW. course of 30 miles. 

Indian river, NY. rises in Lewis 
CO. and after a course of 100 miles 



prairie land, of a rich soil, usually ijoins the Oswegatchie, 4 m. from 
from 3 to 6 miles in width. Thcjthe St, Lawrence, 
rprairies on the Wabash are the' Indian river, hundred, Sussex 
finest land in the state. Reraoteco. Del. Pop. 1,887. 
from the rivers the country is| /rt(/ta.irewr, on the E. coast of 
broken, and the soil light. Be-|Florida, enters the sea in ion. 80° 



ween the Wabash and Lake Mi- 
chigan, the land i.s mostly level, 
uid interspersed with woodlands, 
!)rairies, lakes, and swamps 



The 



40' W. lat. 27° 30' iN. 

Industry, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 
13 m. W. Norridgewock. Pop. 778. 

Iov}a, r. runs E. into the Missis- 



productions areisippi, in lat. 41° 5' N. 



Ipswich, the .Igawam of the In- 
dians, p-t. and port of entry, E.-^- 
:?ex CO. Mass. on Ipswich river, 12 
m. S. Newburyport, 12 NE. Salern, 
27NE.Boston. Lat. 42043' N. Pop. 
2,553. It contains a handsome 
court-house, a massy stone jail. 



vheat, Indian corn, oats, rye, flax 
iemp, potatoes, and tobacco. In 
the vicinity of Vevay, the vine is 
caltivated with success. On the 
banks of the Wabash, in the up- 
per part of it.« course, the best 
kind of coal is found in inex- 

hanstible quantities ; and near the :and 5 clmrches, 4 for Congrega- 
sources of several of the navi-:tionalists, and 1 for Baptists, 
gable rivers, there are salt springs, iThere is an excellent stone bridge 
from which salt in abundance may [across Ipswich river,with 2 arches. 
be procured. Near Corydon is alBy means of a canal across (ilou- 
larg 5 cave, abounding with Epsom jcester neck, the communication 
salts and saltpetre. Indiana was between the harbour and Massa- 
admitted into the Union in 1816. [chusetts bay is facilitated, a dis- 
Indianapolia is the seat of govern- jtance being saved of 20 miles 
ment. Vincennes is the largest jround Cape Ann. On Ipswich ri- 
town. 

Indian old town. See Orono. 



rer extensive iron manufactories 

are about to be erected. The su- 

Indianapolis,])-t. cap. of Mari-'preme judicial court and the court 



on CO. In. a.nd the perm.anent seat of common pleas are occasionally 

ofgovernmt-ntof the State, stands jheld in this town. Shipping in 

on the left \ lank of the west forkjl815, 1,776 tons. 

of White riv er. The town occu-' Ira, p-t. Rutland co. Vt. 32 m. 

pies an area of a miie square ; it iWNW. Windsor. Pop. 498. 

was laid out in October 1321, andi Ira, t. Cayuga co. NV. 24 m. N. 

in 1823 cont ained about 90 fami-i Auburn. Pop. 1,165. 

lies, a printin g-ofFice, and several' Irasburg, p-t. and cap. Orleans 



1 S L 



ro. \^t. with a couvt-house and 
i;Ml,40m.N.Montpelier. Pop.432. 

Iredell, co. NC. Pop. l'3,071. 
Slaves 2,988. Chief t. Statesville. 

Irondequot, bay. See Teoronto. 

Irondequot, creek, NY. falls in- 
to Teoronto bay in Lake Ontario. 
The/^canal is carried over this 
creek by immense artificial banks. 

Iron rnountairif-, divide Tennes- 
see from N. Carolina. 

Iron river, NW. Ter. runs into 
Lake Superior, and is about 80 
yards w^ide at its mouth. 

Iroquois Point, the W. cape at 
the outlet of Lake Superior. 

Irville, p-v. Muskingum co. O. 
12 m. NW. Zanesville. 

Irvine, NC. a western head wa- 
ter of the Neuse. 

Irvine, p-t. cap. Estili co. Ky. 

Irioin, t. Venango, Pa. Pop.405. 

Irxvintcn, p-t. and cap. Wilkin- 
son CO. Ga. 24 m. S. Milledge- 
ville. Pop. 411. 

Jschua, p-t. Cataraugus co. NY. 
11 m. E. EUicottville. Pop. 501. 

Isle of Wight, CO. Va. Pop. 
10,139. Slaves 4,297. Chief t. 
Smithfield. 

Islesborough, t. Hancock co.Me. 



2 1 T ff 

IsraeVs river, NH. rises in the 
White Mountains, and joins the 
Connecticut at Lancaster. 

Italy, p-t. Yates co. NY. 20 m, 
S. Cafiandaigua. 

Ithaca, p-t. and cap. Tompkins 
CO. NY. at the head of Cayuga 
lake. The valley of the lake is 
here hemmed in, on three sides, 
by huge hills 400 or 500 feet in 
height. The village of Ithaca 
stands at the bottom of the val- 
ley, on a plain which extends 
north two miles to the margin of 
the lake. The Cayuga inlet, a 
small creek, navigable for boats 
of 40 or 50 tons, passes through 
the village and falls into the lake, 
2 miles below, at Port L'Orient, 
the landing-place for the steam- 
boat and other large vessels. The 
village is handsomely built, and 
contains a court-house, jail, 2 
churches, 1 for Methodists, and 1 
for Presbyterians ; an academy, 
bank, and 3 printing-offices. A 
college on an extensive plan for 
the education of both sexes, has 
been founded here by the Genes- 
see Conference of the Methodist 
church ; measures are taken for 



on Long Island in Penobscot bay, the erection of the buildir^s, 
1 ra. W. Castine. Pop. 639. jltJiaca has a navigable communi- 

Isle of Shoals, small islands, 8 cation, through the lake and Se- 



in number, belonging mostly to 
Maine, 3 leagues SSE. Ports- 
mouth, NH. Hog island, the 
largest, contains 350 acres. Star 



Gosport, belonging to Rocking 
ham CO. NH. The whole cluster is 
inhabited by about 100 fishermen. 
Islip, p-t. Suffolk CO. NV. on 
the S. shore of Long Island, 44 m. 
E. New York. Pop. 1,156. In 



along the base of the eastern 
hills, and a mile from the village 
crosses Fall creek or (,he Casca- 
dilla, which comes from the east 
and enters the Cayuga inlet a 
this town is Ranconcoma pond, Sjlittle below the bridge. A few- 
miles in circumference, w^ithout 'rods to the right and iii sight from 
outlet or inlet that is visible. Itlthe bridge, the sfre am passes be- 
is fleep, Dud abounds with fish. Itween bunks 100 feet high, ovor a 



neca river with the Erie canal. 
It is connected by turnpike-roads 
with Geneva ; with Catskill and 
Newburgh on Hudson river, and 



sland constitutes the town of with Athens 6n the Susquehar 
nah. The road to the north, leads 



perpendicular precipice of 116 
ieet. There are also, further to 
the east, perpendicular falln of 50 
and of 70 feet, and the whole de- 
scent of the stream in the course 
of a mile is more than 400 feet. 



Lii J A i- 

46 m. SE. Geneva, 29 Ni\W. 
Owego. 170 W.Albany. 174 W. 
Newburgh, 152 ESE. Buffalo, 37 
N. Athens, Pa. Pop. of the vil- 
lage, in 1823, 1,268; in 1825, 
1,742, and of the whole town 3571 . 



Jacksan, or Hitchcock, p-t, 
Hancock co. vTe, 25 m. NW. Cas- 
tine. Pop. 375. 

Jackson, p-t. Washington co. 
NY. Pop. 2,004. 6 m. ^. Salem 

Jackson, t. Lebanon co. Pa 
Pop. 1,748. Tioga CO. 240. Sus- 
quehannah co. 265. 

Jackson, co. Ga. Pop. 8,355. 
Slaves 1,997. Chief t. Jefferson. 

Jackson, co. Al. Pop. 8,751. 
Slaves 539. 

Jackson, p-t. Clarke co. Al. on 
the E. bank of the Tombigbee, 10 
m. below St. Stephens, 85 SW. 
Cahawba. Near this, salt works 
have been commenced on a largo 
scale. 

Jackson, co. Mi. Pop. 1,682. 
Slaves 321. 

Jackson, p-t. cap. Hinds co. Mi.i 

Jackson, p-t. and cap. Feliciana 
CO. La. on Thomson's creek, 12 
ra. W. of the Mississippi, h»s a 
court-house, jail, and academy. 
Pop. 200. 

Jackson, co. Te. Pop. 7,593. 
Slaves 750. Chief t. Williamson 

Jackson, p-t. cap. Marion co. 
Tennessee. 

Jackson, co. Ohio. Pop. 3,746. 

Jackson, p-t. and cap. Jackson 
CO. Ohio, 28 m. SE. Chillicothe 
Pop. 334. 

Jackson, 14 other towns, Ohio, 
viz. t. Champaign co. J'op. 519. 
Franklin, 310. Highland, 696. 
Knox, 1,128. Monroe, 594. Mont- 
<?omerv, 1,099. Maskincrum,330.'' 



Perry, 860. Pickaway, 975. Pike, 
853. Preble, 615. Stark, 521. 
Trumbull, 118. Wayne, 236. 

Jackson, co. In. Pop. 4,010. 
Chief t. Brownstown. 

Jackson, CO. 111. Pop. 1,524. 
Chief t. Brownsville. 

Jackson, p-t. cap. Cape Girar- 
deau CO. Rio. 10 m. W. of the 
Mississippi, 130 S. St. Charles. 
It contains about 100 hou.ses, a 
court-house, jail, and printing- 
office from which a weekly paper 
is issued. ^'' ' 

Jacksonsborough, p-t. and cap, 
Colleton dis. SC. on Edisto river, 
33 m. W. Charleston. 

Jacksonsborough, p-t. and cap. 
Scriven co. Ga. on Briar creek, 
69 m. NW. Savannah, 54 SE. Au- 
gusta. 

- Jacksonhoro, p-t. and co. 
Campbell co. Te. N. of Knoxville. 

Jacksonhorough, t. cap. Ran- 
dolph CO. In. 

Jackson's river, Va. rises in tho 
Warm Spring mountains, and 
flowing SW. is joined by Cow- 
pa.sture river, and forms the 
James. The Falling springs, one 
of its sources, has a perpendicular 
fall of 200 feet. 

Jncksonviile, p-v. Tompkins co. 
NY. 6 NW. Ithaca. 

Jacksonville, or Tdfairton, p-l. 
andcsp. Telfixir co. Ga. 

Jacksonville, p-t. and cap. Du- 
val CO. Florida. 

Jajfrenu. p-t. Cheshfto co. NFT. 



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40 ra. SW. Concord. Pop. 1,339. Jthose of 125 tons to Rocket-s, n 
Here are found red and yellow, mile below Richmond. At this 
ochre, alum, vitriol, and black |city, th'' navigation was formerly 
lead. ,iHterriipted by the Great Falls, 

Jamaica, p-t. Windham co. Vt. which in 7 miles descend 43 feet; 
32 m. SW. Windsor. Top. l,313.:but a canal around them is now 

Jamaica, p-t. Queen's co. on completed, and tlie river has been 
Long Island, iNY. 12 m. E. New rendered navigable 230m. further 
York. Pop. 2,292. The village for boats drawing 12 inches wa- 
is the largest and handsomest in ter. The Board of Public Works 
the county. It is built princi-!in Virginia have reported in fa- 
pally on ;i wide street running E. vourof a canal to connect James 
and-W. along an extensive plain, river with the Ohio. Such a ca- 
a.nd contains an academy and 3 nal, tbev suppose, would have 
churches, a P.,erormed Dutch, a many advajitages over the (irand 
Presbyterian, and an Episcopal, canal in (Mew Vork, and would 

Jamaica plains, in Roxbc.ry, divert niuih of the trade of the 
Ms. 5 m. from Boston, remarka- western country to the ports of 
ble for its beauti;\d scenery and Virginia, 
elegant country-seats. James river, Arkansas, runs 

James cHy, co. Va. Pop-. 3,161. SW. and joins White river. 
Slaves 1,677. Chief t. Williams-i Jamestoivn, t. Newport co. RI. 
burg. [comprising ('anonicut island, 3 m. 

James Island, on the coast oflW. NeAvport, 30 S. Providence. 
SC. lies on the S. side of AshleyjPop. 448. It is 8 mUes long, and 
river, opposite Charleston, and'l broad. Al the S. end is Bea 
separated from .Tohn's island onvertail lig-ht-house. 
the W. by Stoiio river. Here is a Jamestinvn, James co. Va. on 
Presbyterian church. the N. side of James river, is the 

James' peak, lofty summit of; oldest Enjlish settlement in the 
the Rock\ Mountains, named from U. S. founded in 1608. It is now 
Dr. James, one of the expedition! in ruins. 

under Maj. Long, who ascended it| Jasper, co. Ga. Pop. 14,614. 
to the top. Us height was ascer-jSlaves 5,494. Chief t. Moniicello. 
tained by trigonometrical mea- Jasper, p-t. cap. Miyion co. T 
sureioent to be 8,500 feet above! Jay, p-t. Oxford co. Me. on the 



the base or 1l,o00 above the 
ocean. Beari'io- of the peak from 
the camp N. 67° VV. distant 25 m. 
Lon. of cainp, 10.5° 39' 49" W. 
Lat. 380 J 8 n. 

James Hiver, Va. rises in the 
valley on the E. side of Lhe Alleg- 
hany mountains, and breaking 
through the Blue Ridge, pursues a 
course S. of E. and falls into Che-| 
sapeake bay. A 40 gun ship can 
rHScend as far as Jamestown ; ves- 
§i?ls of 2&G ton.s to Warv^-ick, and 



Androscoggin, 20 m. NE. Pans 
Pop. 1,614. 

Jay, p-t. Orleans co Vt. 50 m. 
N. M'ontpelier. Pop. 52. 

Jay, p-t. Essex co. NY. 18 m. 
NW. Eliziibethtown. Pop, in- 
cluding Wilnungton, 1,647. Here 
are 5 forges. 

Jefferson, p-t. Lincoln co. Me. 
28 NE. Wiscasset. Pop. 1,577. 

Jefferson, p-t. Coos co. NH. 77 
m. N. Concord. Pop. 252. 

Jefferson y co. IVY. sq. m» 



J E jy 1 

a37. Pop. 32,952. Chief t. Wa 
tertown. 

Jefferson, p-t. Schoharie co, 
NY. 20 m. SW. Schoharie. Pop, 
1,573. 

Jefferson, t. Morris co. NJ 
Pop. 1,231. 

Jefferson, co. Pa. Pop 
Chief t. Pine-creek. 



Mo. on the Missouri, 10 m. abcne 
Chariton. 

Jefferson, one of the thfee forks 
of Missouri river. 

Jefferson city, p-t. Cole co. Mo. 

and the seat of governnrient of the 

jstate, stands on the S. bank of 

561.ithe Missouri, at the mouth of 

IWier's creek. 



Jefferson, p-t. Green co. Pa.j JeffersonvilU, t. Tazewell co. 
Pop. 1,158. jVa. 55 m. iNW. Inglesville, 135 

Jefferson, co. V^a. Pop. 13,087., from Cumberland gap. 
Slaves 4,132. Ch'f t. Charlest'n.; JeffersonvilU, p-t. Clarke co. 

Jefferson, p-t. cap. Ashe co. 'In. on Ohio river, ja.st above the 
NC. I falls, and opposite Louisville, is 

Jefferson, co. Ga. Pop. 6,362. .situated on elevated ground corn- 
Slaves 2,880. Chief t. Louisville, jraanding a fine view of the river 

Jefferson, p-t. and cap. Cam-jand its banks. It is regularly laid 
den CO. Ga. on the S- side of Sa-lout, and contains a bank, land- 
tilla river, 50 m. SW. Darieu, 20 office, and market-house. Pop. 
K. .St. Mary's. jin 1819, about 500. Below the 

Jefferson, p-t. and cap. Jackson town is a fine harbour for boats. 
CO. Ga. A canal is to be made round the 

Jefferson, co. Mi. Pop. 6,822. falls. 
Slaves 3,635. Chief t. Greenville. i Jenner, t. Somerset Co. Pa. 

Jefferson, co. Te. Pop. 8,953. j Pop. 1,129. 
Slaves 892. Chief t. Dandridge. Jennings, eo. In. Pop. 2,000. 

Jefferson, co. Ky. Pop. 16,756. Chief t. Vernon. 
Slaves 5,855. Chief t. Louisville. Je/inmg-'s /sZan J, Florida. Lon. 

Jefferson, co. O. Pop. 18,.531 ;80s 28' W. Lat. 25^ 28' X. 
Chief t. Steubenville. Jericho, p-t. Chittenden co. Yt. 

Jefferson, p-t. and cap. Ashta- on Onion river, 12 m. E. Burling- 
bula CO. O. 35 N. Warren. Pop.lton. Pop. 1,219. 
150. ' I Jersey, p-t. .Steuben co. NV. 

Jefferson, 13 other towns, Ohio, Pop. 912. 21 m. E. Bath, 
viz. t. Adams co. Pop. 916. | Jersey, l. Licking co. O. Pop. 
Fayette, 892. Franklin, S59.J256. 

Guernsey, 349. Logan, 1,169.' Jersey city, or Paub/s Hook, 
Madison, 345. Montgomery, 1139. |p-t. Bergen co. NJ. on the Hud- 
Muskingum, 829. Pickaway. ison, oppo:,ite New Y'ork. 
Preble, 876. Richland, 430. Ross,l Jersey shore, p-t. Lycoming co. 
1,407. Scioto, 469. j Pa. on the W. branch of the Sus- 

Jefferson, CO. Ind. Pop. 8,038. Iquehannah, 15 m. W. William?- 
Chieft. Madison. !port,55NW. Sunbury. 

Jefferson, co. 111. Pop. 691.; Jerusalem, t. Yates co. NY. 13 
Chief t. Mount Vernon. jS. (Jenevai Pop. 1,610. The chief 

Jefferson, co. Mo. Pop. 18.35. [residence of the followers of the 
Slaves 212. Ch'ft. Hercidaneum. late Jemima Wilkinyo'j.^vhodicd 



fcffrrifon, 'D-t. cirv, Valine cdher^ 181^ 



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\)^ci'usfilan. See Fwiksioum. 

J^rasuUm., p-t. and cap. South- 
umpton CO. Va. on Nottawav ri- 
ver, 32 m. S. Petersburg, 76 S. 
Bichmond. 

Jessamine^ co. Ky. Fop. 9,297. 
Slaves 2,802. Cliieft. Nicholas- 
ville. 

JeweWs city, p-v. in Grisvvold, 
Ct. 6 m. NE. Norwich. 

Johnsburg, p-t. Warren co. 
NV. 30 m. NW. Caldwell. Pop. 
727. 

John's Island, on the coast of 
,SC. between Stono river, and 
North Edisto Inlet which sepa 
jates it from Edisto island, 20 m 
SW. Charleston. It is about 12 
miles long and 6 broad. The west 
part called Wadmalaw, is sepa- 
rated from the main part of the 
island by a small creek. John'i 
island is very productive in cot 
ton. It contains, with Wadma 
Jaw, about 70 plantations, and 
about half that number of resi 
dent planters. Here are two 
churches, 1 for Presbyterians 
and 1 for Episcopalians. The 
planters remain on the Island only 
in the winter, and in summer 
remove with their families to 
Cljarkston. 

JohJison, p-t. Franklin co. ^'t. 
on Lamoil river, 28 m. NE. Bur- 
lington. Pop. 778. 

Johnson, co. NC. Pop. 9,607 
Slaves 3,086. Chief t. Smithlield, 

Johnson, co. Indiana. 

Johnson, co. 111. Pop. 843 
Chief t. Vienna. 

Johnson''s river, NH. joins the 
Connecticut in Dalton. 

Johnston, t. Providence co. RI, 
5 m. N. Providence. Pop. 1,542, 

Jo/in5/o>», t. Champaign co.Ohio, 
Pop. 356.— Trumbull co. 10 m. 
NW. Wirrron 



Pop. 327. 



Johnstown, p-t. and cap. IVioni • 
goniery co. NY. on the N. bank ol 
the Mohawk, 41 m. W. Albany. 
41 ENE. Cooperstown. Pop. 
6,527. The village is about 4 m. 
from the river, on Canada creek, 
and contains a court-house, jail, 
2 printing-offices, an academy, 
and 3 churches, 1 Episcopal, 1 
Lutheran, and 1 Presbyterian. 
Near this village is the mansion 
formerly occupied by Sir William 
Johnson. 

Johnstown, v. Columbiaco. NY... 
10 m. S. Hudson. 

Johnstown, p-t. Licking co. O 
20 m. NW\ New^ark. 

Jones, CO. NC. Pop. 5,216. 
Slaves 2,764. Chief t. Trenton. 

Jones, CO. Ga. Pop. 16,570. 
Slaves 5,886. Chief t. Clinton. 

Jonesborotigh, p-t. W^ashing-ton 
CO. Me. 12 W. Machias. Pop. 675. 

Jonesborough, p-t. and cap, 
Washiiigton co. Ten. 26 m. E. 
Greenville, 101 E. Knoxville, 40 
fr. Abingdon, Va. 

Jon€sboro\ p-t. and cap. Union 
CO. III. on a branch of Clear 
creek, settled by industrious Ger- 
mans, mostly of the religious sect 
called Dunkards. 102 m. S. Van- 
dalia, 25 S. Brownsville. 

Joneshnrg, p-t. and cap. Camr 
den CO. NC. Gii m. S. Norfolk. 

Joncstmmi,orliilliamsburg,Yi-t. 
Lebanon co. Pa. at the junction of 
Little Swetara with Swetara ri- 
ver, 23 m. NE. by E. Harrisburg^ 
89 NW. Philadelphia. Pop. 268. 

Jonesvilk, v. Lee co. Va. 40 m. 
from Cumberland gap. 

Jonesvilk, or Mariinsboro'' ^ p-v. 
Surry co. NC. on Tar river, 20 m. 
above Washington. 

Joppa, t. Harford co. Md. 20 ni. 
,. by N. Baltimore. 

Jarchn., p-v. Onondaga co. N'"\f-. 



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ua the canal, 4 m. E. Bucksville. 
Joy, p-t. Kennebec co. Me. 30 

m- N. Augusta. Pop. 505. 

Juncla^ V. Albany co. NY. at 
the junction of the Eric and Cham- 
plain canals, 8 m. N. Albany. 

Juniatta, navigable r. Pa. rises 
in ths Alleghany mts., and joins 
the Susquehannah, 11 m. above 
llarrisbum. 



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t. Cumberland cu. V 



Juniaila^ 
Pop. 1,748. 

Juniva, p-t. Seneca co. NY. 
i'o|>. 5,113. lu this town are tho 
villages of JJridgeport, Seneca 
lUUs, and Waterloo. 

Juzons, Choctaw country, lOfJ 
HE. Mayhew. 

Jykill, isl. and sound, Ga. at^the 
mouth of" Turtle river. 



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Kankakee, or 'Theakik/., naviga- mountain. Me. 8a m. N. Bangor, 
blc r. rises in Indiana, near thejand 20 beyond the present settle- 
head waters of the St. Joseph's of ments on the Penobscot. By 
Michigan, and passing into Illi- those who have visited it, this re- 
nois unites with Desplanes to gion is spoken of as scarcely ri- 



form Illinois river. In time of 
high water, boats pass from the 
Kankakee to the St. Joseph's. 

Kansas, r. rises between the 
Platte and the Arkansas, and joins 
the Missouri in lat. 39° 5' N. The 
Kansas Indians number about 300 
warriors, and reside in 2 villages, 
20 and 40 m. up this river. 

Kaskaskidy or Okaw, {Au Kas) 
X. 111. runs SW. and falls into the 
Mississippi, 81 rn. below the Illi- 
nois, and 100 above the Ohio. It 
is navi^fable to Vandalia 150 miles. 
Kaskaskiu, p-t. and cap. Ran- 
dolph CO. ill. on the right bank of 
Kaskaskia river, 7 m. from it 
mouth, is built on an e.xtensive 
plain, and contains a court-house 
jail, Roman Catholic church, 
bank, land-office, printing-office 
and about 160 houses. The town 
was settled in the 17th century, 
from Lower Canada, and about 
two-thirds of the inhabitants are 
French. Lat. 31<^ 57' N. 60 ni. 
SSE. St. Louis, 05 SSW. Vand 
fia. 

Kutahdin, or Kfadne, lofty 



vailed in sublimity of scenery. 
The height of Katahdin is not ac- 
curately ascertained, but is sup- 
posed by some to exceed that of 
the White mountains. 

Katerskill. See Catskill. 

Kayadarossoras, creek, NY. 
i'alls into Saratoga lake. 

Kearsearge, mt. NH. 2461 feet 
above the level of the sea, about 
25 ra. NW. Concord. 

Keene, p-t. and cap. Cheshire co, 
NH. on a tongue of land between 
the two principal branches of Ash- 
uelot river, 14 m. S. Walpole, 43 
fr. Windsor, 55 W\SW. Concord, 
95 W. Portsmouth, 79 WNW. 
Boston. The village is one of 
the handsomest in New-England, 
and contains a court-house, jail, 
bank, congregational church, 
printing-office, and 120 dwelling- 
houses. Near it are a woollen 
factory, oil mill, and 2 glass facto- 
ries. Pop. 1,895. 

Keene, p-t. Essex co. NY. 12 m, 
W, Elizabethtown, Pop. 605, 
Here are 3 forgc.s. 

Keeseville, p-v. Clinton co. IVY. 



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lies iu a hollow, on both sides of from Canada, and unites with tlic 



Sable river, 4 m. from Fort Kent 
on lake Champlain. Its growth 
has been remarkably rapid, and 
has been wholly owing to the 
opening of the Chami)laiu canal, 
furnishing a vent for the iron and 
lumber with which this region 
abounds. In 1819, there were on 
this spot but 2 or 3 houses. In 
1825, the village contained a 
printing-office, 6 sawmills, a grist 
mill, ibrge, rolling and slitting 
mills, nail works, and woollen 
factory. Pop. 500. 16 m. S. 
Plattsburgh. 

Kellyvale, p-t. Orleans co. Vt. 
26 m. N. Montpelier. Pop. 139. 

Kendall, p-t. Stark co. O. 7 m. 
W. Canton. 

Kenhaiva, co. Va. Pop: 6,399. 
Slaves 1,073. Here is a spring 
emitting inflammable air. 

Kenkawa, (Great,) r. Va. rises 
in N. Carolina, and running N. 
and NW. joins the Ohio at I'oint 
Pleasant, in 38° 55' N. lat. 252 m. 
below Pittsburg. About 100 miles 
from its mouth are the Great 
Falls, where the river descends 
perpendicularly 50 feet. On its 
bajiks, 66 m. from its mouth, are 
the Kenhawa salt-works, which 
supply annually about 30,000 
bushels of salt. The principal 
branch of the Kenhawa is Green- 
briar, which enters 40 or 50 miles 
above the fiiUs. 

Kenkaroa, (Little) Va. falls into 
the Ohio, a little below Marietta. 

Kennebeck, co. Me. Pop. 
42,623. Chief t. Augusta. 

Kennebeck, r. Me. Jicxt to Pe- 
rnhscot, the largest in the State. 
It has tvyo principal branches. 
The eastern branch rises in 
Moosehead lake. The western, 
called Dead j'hrer, rises in the 
highlands, which separate Maine 



eastern branch about 20 miles be- 
low Moosehead lake. After the 
junction, the river Hows S. to the 
Atlantic. Its whole course is 
about 300 miles, it is Jtavigablc 
for ships 12 miles to Bath ; for 
sloops, 45 miles to Augusta, at 
the head of the tide; and for 
boats GO miles, to Waterville. At 
VVaterville the navigation is in- 
terr\ipted by Teconic falls. The 
lands on the Kennebeck are fer- 
tile and well adapted to tillage 
and pasture. 

Kennebunk, p-t. and port of en- 
try, York CO. Me. at tlie mouth of 
Kenuebunk river, which affords a 
good harbor. 10 m. S. Saco, 25 
SW^. Portland. Shipping in 1816, 
11,741 tons. — Here is a bank. 
Pop. 2,145. 

Kennei,ii-i. Chester co. Pa. Pop. 
1,032. 

Kensington, t. Rockingham co. 
NH. 13 SW. Portsmouth. Pop. 
709. 

Kent, CO. RI. Pop. 10,228. 
Ciiief t. Warwick. 

Kent, p-t. Litchfield co. Ct. On 
the Housatonnuc,45 m. W. Hart- 
ford. Pop. 1,9.50. Iron ore is 
found here, and wrought exten- 
sively. 

Kent, p-t. Putnam co. NY. 20 
m. SE. Poughkeepsie. Pop. 1,801. 

Kent, CO. Del. Pop. 5,533. 
Slaves 1,070. Chief t. Dover. 

Kent, CO. Md. Pop. 11,453. 
Slaves 4,071. Chief t. Chester.^ 

Kentucky, one of the U. S. 
bounded N. by Illinois, Tndian.'t, 
and Ohio ; E. by Virginia ; S. by 
Tennessee ; and W. by Missis- 
sissjppi. It extends from lat. 36^^ 
30 to 39'5 10' N. and from Ion. Ol^ 
50' to 89° 20' W. Ji?ngth on the 
southern line, 3(K) miles. E,xtent, 
39,000 sq. ni. or 24,960,000 acres. 



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accumulate, and tlnifi steamboat..'? 
would hecn.uhlod top.iHS between 
Frankfort and LouJKville during 
nine months of the year. The 
banks of the river are jjenerully 
high and rocky, presenting in 
some places perpendicular preci- 
}>icee of limcKtone of 300 re(;t. 

Kentucky, LilUe, Ky. joins the 
Ohio, 3 m. below Kentucky riv<;r, 
and the Indian Kentucky^ in In- 
diana, is nearl V opposite. 

Krowec, r. ftf '. wliich joins tlie 
Tuf.'^aloo to form Savannah river. 

Kershaw, district, SCJ. i*op. 
12,432. Chief t. Camden. 

Kevjeena, point, NW. Ter. e.K- 
tending 4.'> miles mto I..ake Superi- 
or, form i)g on the E. side, a large 
bay, 20 miles lon£7 and 12 wide. 

Kiameska, r. Ark. joins Red ri- 
ver, 900 m. above Natehitoehes. 

Kickapoo, or Red buck, r. 111. 
inois below lake 



I op. .064,317. Slaves, 120,732. 
I'rankfort is the capital. The 
j)rincii)al production.s of K<!n- 
liicky are hemp, tobaceo, wheat, 
"id Indian corn. Salt Bpringa 
. ;o numerous, and supply not on- 
Iv this State, but a great ))art of 
C}]no and Tennessee with this mi- 
neral. — The principal maniifae- 
tiire are cloth, spirits, cordage, 
j-alt, and maple sugar. The value 
of the manufactures in IBIO v-^as 
estimated at .J;G,1}} 1,024. flrnip, 
tobaceo, and wlieat are the prin- 
cipal ex])orts. 

The only mountains are the 
Cumberland range which sepa- 
rates it from Virginia in the SE. 
jThe soil of the whole State be- 
low the mountains rests on an im- 
mense bed of limestone, usually 
about (i feet below the surface. 
There are every where aperturcisj 
in this limestone, through whichjruns into the 
the waters of the rivers sink into Peoria. 
the earth. The large rivers ofi i^kAra^Joos, Indians, 111. scatter- 
Kentucky, for this mason, aye'cd along the rivers Wabash, lUi- 
more dinrunished durinj the dryjnois, and Mississippi ; their larg- 
season, than those of any part ofjeet settlement is in a prairir;, 90 
the U. States, and the small|m. N. by E. Vincennes. They 



streams entirely e'isa";^ipear. 



ijiin2 tobacco, corn, bean.s, and 



Kentucky, r. Ky. jises in the! potatoes, have a great number of 
highlands in the SE. part of the|norae8, and are good hunters. 
State, and running NVi^.fal}>into|Numy)er of warriors about 000. 
the Ohio, at Fort William, 77 m.^ Kilkenny, t. Coos co. NH. 8 m. 
above Loui.-fvdle. it is 150 yards NE. L.iiicaster. Pop. 2-1. 
wide at its mouth, and is naviga-; Killhuck, r. O. joins White wo- 
b!e for boats of considerable sue'man's creek, .3 m. above its JUDC- 
180 miles in the winter floods, jtion with the flufcvkingum. 
During the season of low wa- A'iVZw^Zy, p-t. Windham co. Ct. 
ter, the navigation is imjiededjon the Quinebaug, 25 m. W. i^ro- 
with iihoals, occa.^ioned chiefly byjvideuce, 45 E. Hartford. Pop, 



rocks and gravel thrown out from!2,003 
the creeks. If wing dams were Stone 
con5;tructed at these shoals to con- 
tract the chanr.el of the river, it 
is believed, the force of the cur- 
-'■nt would be sufficient to sweep 
Ftho olTWtr'Jctions irs foHtas-thej' 



It contains 4 churches, 
is found here good for 
whetstones, and a quarry of sofl 
stone used for jambs. 

KiUinf^ton peak, the 5th in 
height of the Green mountains, 
Vt. 3,^24 feet above thr^ Ir-vcl of 



K I ?v Uii 

the sea, 10 miles E. Rutland. 

Killingtvorth, p-t. and borough, 
Middlesex co. Ct. on Long Island 
Sound, 26 ra. E. New-Haven. 38 
SE. Hartford, 26 W. New London. 
Pop. 2,342. It has a harbor with 
S feet water on the bar, and owns 
some shipping. 

The Kills. See A^eivark bay. 

Kinderhook, cr. a line mill 
stream, which falls into the Hud- 



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Hudson, 50 m. below Albany, Q3 
above New York. Pop. 2,956, of 
whom 1,163 are in the village. 
The village is pleasantly situated 
upon an elevated plain on Esopus 
creek, about 3 m. from from the 
Hudson, and contains about 160 
dwelling-houses, a court-house, 
jail, academy, church, market- 
hou8e,bank, and 3 printing-offices. 
It was burnt Oct. 15, 1777, by or- 



son, under the name of Abram'slder of the British Ge)i. Vaughan, 



creek. 

Kinderhook, p-t. Columbia co. 
NY. on the Hudson, 10 m. N. 
Hudson. Pop. 3963. The vil- 
lage stands upon a plain on the 
bank of Kinderhook creek, 5 m. 
W. of the river, and contains a 
Dutch reformed church and an 
academy. At K. landing on the 
river is also a post-ofiice. At the 
mouth of the creek is an exten- 
sive cotton ifictory- 

King-and-Qvem., co. Va. Pop. 
11,798. Slaves 6,041. Chief t. 
Dunkirk. 

King George., co. Va. Pop. 
6,116. Slaves 3,504. 

King^s CO. NY^ comprises the 
"W. end of Long Island, sq. m. 81. 
Pop. 11,187. Chief t.Flatbush. 

Kingsborough, v. Montgomery 
CO. NY. 4 m. N. Johnstown. 

Kingsbury, p-t. Washington co. 
NY. on the Hudson. Pop. 2,203. 

Kings/ield,]i-t. Somerset co.Me. 
40 NW. Norridgewock. Pop. 464. 

Kingston, p-t. Rockingham co. 
NH. 20 m. SW. Portsmouth. Pop. 
S47. 

Kingston, t. Addison co. Vt. 22 
jn. SW. Montpelier. Pop. 328. 

Kingston, pt.Plvmouthco. Ms. 
on Plymouth bay, 4 m. NW. Ply- 
mouth, 32 SE. Boston. Pop 
1,313. Here are iron works. 

Kingston, formerly Esopus, p-t 
gnd rap. Ulster co.' NY. on the 



when large quantities of stores 
were consumed. 

Kingston, v. Middlesex co. NJ. 
on Millstone river,3NE.Princet'n. 

Kingston, p-t. Luzerne co. Pa. 
on the Susquehannah, opposite 
Wilkesbarre. Pop. 1,288. 

Kingston, t. Georgetown dis. 
SC. on Waccama river, 40 m. NE. 
Georgetovv'n. 

Kingston, p-t. and cap. Roane 
CO. Ten. at the confluence of 
Clinch and Holston rivers, 33 m. 
below Knoxville. 

Kingston, t. Delaware co. O. 
Pop. 407. — t. Ross CO. 10 m. NE. 
Chillicothe. 

Kingstrce, p-t. cap. Williams- 
burgh CO. SC. 

jCingsville, p-t. Ashtabula co. O. 
on Lake Erie, S m. NE. Jefferson. 

m. 614. 

King miliam, co. Va. Pop. 
9,697. Slaves 6,010. 

Kingioood, t. Hunterdon co. NJ. 
on Delaware river. Pop. 2,786. 

Kingv)OGd, p-t. and cap. Pres- 
ton CO. Va. 174 m. fr. Washington. 

Kinnickinnick, r. O. runs into 
the E. side of the Scioto, 7 la. 
above Chillicothe. 

ifm5/on,p-t.cap. Lenoir co. NC. 

Kirhy, t. Caledonia co. Vt. 33 
m. NE. Montpelier. Pop. 312. 

Kirwood, t. Belmont co. O. 14 
V7. St. Clairsville. Pop. 1,404. 

Kirtla7td,t. Geauga O.Pon. 47.3i^ 



L A F 141 

Kiskemanetas. See Canemaugh, 
Kittaning^ p-t. and cap. Arm- 
strong CO. Fa. on the E. side of 
Alleghany river, 35 m. NE. Pitts- 
burg. Pop. 1,294. 

Kittaiinny Mountains^ a ridge 
of the AUeghaiiies, extending 
through the N. partsof N J.and Pa. 
Kittery, p-t. Yorkco. Me. at the 
mouth of the Piscataqua, opposite 
Portsmouth, NH. 5 m. SW. York. 



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P'-;p. 1,886. 

Knife river, join? the Missouri 
on the S. at the Mandan villages. 

Knowlton, t. Sussex Co. NJ. 
Pop. 2,701. 

KnoXy t. Hancock co. Me. 25 
m. NW. Castine. Pop. 560. 

Knox, p-t. Albany co. felY. 20 
m. W. Albany. Pop. 2500. 

Knox, CO. 'Ten. "Pop. 13,034. 
Slaves 1,825. Chief t. Knoxville. 

Knox, CO. Ky. Pop. 3,661. 
Slaves 337. Ciiief t. Barbours- 
ville. 

Knox, CO. Ohio. Pop. 8,326. 
Chief t. Mount Vernon. 

Knox, t. Columbiana co. O. 
Pop. 535. — Guernsey co. 219. 

Knox, CO. Ind. on the Wabash. 
Pop. 5,437. Chief t. Vincennes. 

Knox, CO. Illinois. 

Knoxville,\i-t. Crawford co. Ga. 

Knoxville, p-t. and cap. Knox 
CO. Ten. on the N. bank of the, 



Holston, 22 m. above its junction 
with the Tennessee, and 4 below 
the mouth of French Broad river, 
200 E. of Nashville, 190 S. Lex- 
ington, Kv. Lon. 84° W. Lat. 
35° 50' N. ' Pop. in 1818, estima- 
ted at more than 2,000. It is reg- 
ularly laid out, and contains a 
court-house, jail, bank, a respect- 
able academy, 3 churches, and a 
college. 

East Tennessee College receiv- 
ed in 1806, the moiety of 100,000 
acres of land, appropriated by 
Congress in a convention with the 
state, to the endowment of two 
colleges in Tennessee. It has 
also received 20,000 acres, being 
the third part of what was ac- 
quired by the state for the two 
Colleges, by virtue of a compact 
with the N. Carolina University. 
Hitherto its funds have been un- 
productive, but the pecuniary 
prospects of the College are now 
more promising. Since 1821, it 
has had a president, a professor 
of mathematics and natural philo- 
sophy, and usually about 20 stu- 
dents. 

Knoxville, p-t. Jefferson co. 
Ohio, 4 m. W. Ohio river, 11 N. 
.Steubenville. Pop. 120. 

Kortright, p-t. Delaware cO. 
NY. 10 NE. Delhi. Pop. 2,54?). 



Lack, t. Mifflin CO. Pa. Pop. I //fflF(?ue,r. Ark. flowing E. joins 
1,511. Ithe Arkansas below Cadron. 

LacJcawanac, t. Mercer co. Pa. Lajwrche, or Chctimncfies, r. 



Pop. 602 

Lackawaxen, r. Pa. falls into 
the Delaware. 

Lackai()axen,t.Fike co. Pa. Pop. 

222. 

Lu FevBy III. See Bean river. 

N i 



La. an outlet of tiie Missisippi. 
It leaves the main stream at Do- 
naldsonville, and dividing into 
two channels, enters the gulf of 
Mexico in Timballier bay. Its 
length is about 45 milc^i. 



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Lafourche, co. La. 



Pop. 3755 
>javes 963. 

Lake^ t. Logan co. O. Pop. 470 
— Stark CO. 588. — Wayne co. 311. 

Lakes. See Erie, Huron, &c, 

Lake George, a beautiful lake 
NY. wliich extends in a NNE. di 
lection between Washington and 
Warren counties, and discharge 
its waters northward into Lake 
Champlain. It is bordered oi>. 
each side by high mountains 
Those on tlie eastern shore torn 
a peninsula between Lake George 
and Lake Champlain, terminsted 
at the N. by Mount Defiance. 
The length ol* Lake George, from 
Caldwell, at its S. extremity, to 
the landing at Ticonderoga, is 36 
miles. The outlet is 3 m-iles long, 
and runs at first in a NE. directio)i, 
descending in a succession of 
falls 157 feet ; it then turns SE 
and flows into Lake Champlain, 
at the foot of Mount Defiance. It 
is navigable for boats from its 
mouth to the lower falls, a dis- 
tance of two miles. The Lake 
varies in width, from 1 to 4 mile.^. 
It is studded with numerous small 
islands, on some of v/hich are 
found crystals of quartz, of un- 
common transparency and i)cr- 
fcction of form. The water also 
is remarkably pure. The French 
formerly procured it for religious 
uses, and hence called the Lake 
St. Sacrament. The mountains 
on the borders, rise sometimes to 
the height of 1200 feet, and fre- 
qtiently abut upon the water 
with great grandeur. 

Rogers' rock is on the W, side 
of the lake, 2 miles from the out- 
let. It rises out of the water at 
an angle of more than AtP, to the 
height of 300 or 400 feet. The 
.face of the rock, for more than 
100 feet in breadth, is a perfectly 



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slide, reachino- from lop 



14iJ 
smooth 

to bottom. This rock derives its 
name from the following incident. 
During the winter of 1 758, Major 
Rogers was one of a party whicii 



was surprised and put to flight by 
the Indians at the outlet of the 
Lake. Rogers came alone to the 
summit of this rock, whither he 
knew the Indians would ibllow 
him, by his tracks in the snow, 
and where he could prevent fur- 
ther pursuit by a singular strata- 
gem. Throwing his pack down 
the precipice, he slipped oft' his 
snow-shoes, and without changing 
their position, turned hims<;lf 
about, and again put them on his 
feet. Thus equipped, he retreat- 
ed several rods along the southern 
brow of the rock. Tlie Indians 
coming to the spot, went no furth- 
er, as they saw the two tracks 
both looking the same way, and 
apparently made by two persons 
Avho had came to the preeipice, 
<tiod chosen to throw themselves 
o(f, rather than fall into the hands 
of their pursuers. Meanwhile, 
Rogers made good his descent to 
the foot of the rock, where he re- 
.'^umed his ])ack, and escaped on 
the ice to the head of the lake. 

This lake was conspicuous in 
the American wars. It formed 
the most convenient connexion 
between Canada and the Hudson, 
and hence the establishment of 
the forts at the head of the lake, 
and also in part, of the fort at Ti- 
conderoga. 

Lake George is a fashionable 
resort in summer, in connexion 
with Ballston and Saratoga. A 
steam boat plies regularly through 
the Idke. Lon. 73° 25' to 73° 43' 
W. Lat. 430 25' to 430 55' N. 

Lake of the IFoods, on the 
boundary of the US. lies between 



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U'lkes Superior and Winnipee.j9 m. below, 35 m. ESE. Hamsr 
it is about 75 miles long, and fromlburg, 22 ENE. York, 62 W. Phila- 
10 to 40 broad, has a bold rockyidelphia. Lat. 40° 3' N. Lon. 76° 
shore indented by deej) bays, andl20' W. It contains a conrt-hou; 



is full of islands ; \n many parts 
of tiie lake the wild rice abound 
The 4VP N. lat. crosses the lake 
about 12 m. from its S. end. Lon 
oi the NW. end 94° 31' W. Lat 
49^ 44' 22' N. 

Luke Pleasant, t. Hamilton co 
;\Y. Pop. 312. 70 NW. Albany. 

Lamat\ t. Centre co. Pa. Pop. 
358. 

LamberUville, p-v. Hunterdon 
CO. NJ. on the Delaware, 16 m. 
above Trenton. 

I^ahiberion^ v. NJ. on the Del- 
;i ware, Just below Trenton. 

Lamington, Indian Alamaiunk, 
V. Somerset co. NJ. 

Jjumoily large r. Vt. falls into 
Lake Champlain, in Colc!ie.>ter. 

£,a7n<;^/c,iead mine, Mo. near St 
Michael's. 

Lampekr, p-t. Lancaster co.j 
Pa. Pop. 3,278. 

Lamprey, r. NIL falls into 
Great bay, at Durham. 

Lancnstcr,p-t. and cap.f'oos co. 
NH.on both sides of Iflrael'soreek, 
a mile from Connecticut river. 
It contains a court-house, jail, 
congregational church, and seve- 
ral niills. 40 m. above Dartmouth 
college, 131 NW. Portsmouth. 
Pop. 844. 

Lancaster, p-t. Worcester co. 
Ms. on a branch of Nashua river,! 



market-house,jail,and 8 churches, 
for German Lutherans, German 
Calvinists, Presbyterians, Episco- 
palians, Roman Catholics, \lora- 
vians. Friends, and Methodists. 
Many of the inhabitants are of 
German origin, andspeak the Ger- 
man language. Here are publish- 
ed 6 newspapers, 3 of which are 
in German. The siirrouDding 
country is fertile and highly culti- 
vated. The town contains nu- 
merous manufactories, and carries 
on considerable trade. Frank lia 
college was established in _thi.s 
place in 1787, for the Germans, 
but the building is now occupied 
for schools. Pop. 7,363. 

Lancaster, co. Va. Pop. 5,517. 
Slaves 2,944. 

Lancaster, district SC. Pop. 
8,716. Slaves 2,798. 

Lancaster, p-t. and cap. Gar- 
rard CO. Kv. 29 rri. S. Lexiiigtojj. 
Pop. in 1810, 260. 

Lancasifr, p-t. and cap. Fair- 
field CO. O. 28 m. SE. Columbus, 
34 NE. Chillicothe. it contains a 
court-house, jail, bank, 2 printiirg- 
offices, and a Methodist church. 
Pop. 1,037. Lon. 82° 37' W. 
Lat. 39° 45' N. 

Landnff;\.. Grafton co. NH. 12 
m. E. Haverhill. Pep. 769. 

Lundgrove, t. Benninoton eo. 



14 m. NE. Worcester, 35 WNW. Vt. 33 m. NE. Bennington. Po] 



valuable quarry of slate, and an| 
extensive cotton factory. 

Lancaster co. Pa. P«ip. 68,336. 



Lundishurgh, p-t. and cap. Per- 
ry co. Pa. 30ni. W. Harrisburgh. 
Lanesborough, p-t. Berkshire 



Z/nrtcas/«:r,p-t.and cap. Lancas-|co. 'Mass. 5 m. from Pittsficld> 
ter CO. Pa. is pleasantly situatedll4 N. Lenox, 135 from Bo.=!ton. 
on the side of a hill, a mile and al Here are valuable marble quarries. 
Ihdlf W. of Concstago creek,j Pop. 1,319. 
which falls mto the Susquehannah) Langdon, p-t. Cheshite co. NH^ 



L A i; 



111 



i. A V\ 



11 r.onnocticut rivt-r, 50 m. W. 
' inronl. F'op. 004. 

f,(:7n<:ry t. rrt'ble co. O. Pop. 

fMnsinr^^t. Tompkins co. ^Y. 

Pop, n,(un ; in i>!2.^, ai^?. 

/Mnsing-lniri^h, n-t. Rmissi-hun- 
lio. NY. on tlic Iludsoii, across 
wlik'h is a bridgr to W.-itorlord. 
'riie villajjro «>.\tcn<.ls two milrs 
alongt'nr riV(;r,ovi-rii plain, vvliicli 
if^ abont hiiir.-i mile \vi<it>, iintl boi 
tloTi'xi on tiic cast by ;i r.nnf^c ol' 
Iiills. 'J'h«^ vilUif^r. i.s bandsonuily 
laid ont and contaiiiis !> chnrches, 
an a«-adt'niy wilii 200 pu|)ilK, 
and provid«'.d witb 2 bnihbnjrs , 
a bank witli acapilal or^J:220,(»()0, 
and a printing-oJticr. il<rt' arc 
;ils«), 2 extensive breweries, several 
tanneries and nail works, and a 
brush manulactory. Adam 1100 
feet long and 9 feet hipli, has r* 
eentlv been erected across the r 
vrr below the villajj^e, by whitdi 
llie «lepth of water is made snll' 
<',ient at this placo for sloops 
flitotifrhont the season; vessels 
;, cend throni»h a sloop-lock, ;{0 
l"'t wide, and VIIIoiiit; cost ol 
I !,. dam and lock, ^92,270. L;,n 
iiM'bnryhemploys abont l2Hloops 
1,1 trade. 8 in. N. Troy, 9 N. Al 
biny. Top. in 1820, 2035 ; in lH'2.'i, 
i'l?;l; of whom more than three- 
lotirtlis were in the village. 

//.'/)/»; Crorhc, Indian v. in Mi- 
chiiran, on the W. side of the pe- 
niiiBulri, consistinq of 40 families 
of Ottaways. 40 m. fr. Mack- 
'iiac. 

Jjotiniorc, t. Ailanis ro. I'a. 
Pnp. K5(;. 

[.avikrdaU\ Co, A I. IVp. 49G3. 
M.ncs l;J7B. Chief t. Floretiev>. 

f.attrfly p-t. Sussex co. Del. on 
I'road creek, a branch of tho Man- 
iicok*'. 

La; re'. Mountains', W. of the 



mam Allegliany r.ui{(r, cxtc.nif 
from Pennsylvania, across Virp,!- 
nia, to Kentucky ; then, under the 
iianu" of Cumberland mountains, 
livide A'a. from Ky. and cross 
rennessee, tcnuinating near its 
S. border. 

/.(tnrcnsy t. Otsego co. NY. 12 

SW. Cooperstown, Ti\ W. Al- 
b;niy. Pop. in 182.0,2138. 

/.nnrt'/is, district, SC. Po]v 
17,<;r,2. Slaves 4879. 

liaurrns, co. (la. l^op. .^4.>('>. 
Slaves 19U5. Chief t. Dublin. 

lAn>.snnnf\ i. l\ortham[)ton co. 
!':i. on tlie l.(;hiiTli. Pop. 220. 

iMinthannock^ r. Pa. joins the 
K. braiM'hof the Susquehannah at 
i ittstown. 

iMtirrtnce. t. Cl(iarli(4d co. Pa. 
Top. 447. — p-t. Tioga co. Pop. 
445. 

fjdvrrcnce^ co. Al. Chief t. ISla- 
ratli(»ii. 

Ijawrcnec^ co. Mi. Po[). 401(1. 
Slaves 991. Chief t. iVlonticollo. 

Lavmire, co. Ten. Pop. 3271. 
Slaves 204. 

lAiivntK-c^ CO. Ohio. Pop. 349!> 
(■hieft. Biirlin''ton. 

Lnwrnice, Ohio, t. Tiawrenc^- 
ru. Pop. l'.!0. — Washington, 35 1 
Stark, 59(5. — 'J'usearawas, 393. 

iMV'rtnce, co. Ind. I'op. 411*;. 

Lttiorinre, co. 111. I'op. aboul 
1.5(»0. Chief t. Lawrence ville. 

Jjntrrcnre., co. Ark, P(tp. 2210. 
Slaves 151. Chit4' t. Davidson- 
hille. 

I,aivrenreburt>li, \>-\.. ami cap. 
Lawrence co. Ten. 

Lmrrntnhur^-, p-t. and caj). 
Dearborn co. In. on tiie Ohio, 2 ni. 
b(4ow Miami river, 28 bolow Cin- 
i;innati. 

iMwrcnccnllCy t. Hunterdon co. 
I J. l> m. INE. Trenton. I'op. 

54. 

LmvrcnceiHlU\ t. Alleghany co. 



L E a \'ir> 

I .1. .. i;ii)«;H from \'iUHh\n-}r. I 

/j(iiore.nrevil/c, [i-t. <;a[>. Mont 
'fioimtry co. NC/. 

fM'wrenr.cville, p-t. <:a]). Gwin- I 
int CO. Ca. 

/jtivirencevUk', t. Madison <;o. O. 1 
/jdVJrenceville, p-t. aiul f;.'i[) 
Lav/rf;nc<; Co. ill. on KinharraHi 
<-.rt;(;k, which Ih navi'TiiliJc to thii 
jtjace; 10 rri. W. VinconncH, 77 ( 



E. Viindalia. 

Ijuwsvillc, p-t. Sij::(,vr;lianna} 
' o. I'a. N. MoiitroK*;. »'op. 47.^ 

Leacork^ p-t. LaiicanU-r co. fa 
9^in. K. LaricaHtf-r. Pf)p. 2J{82. 

Leading rr^^A-, Ohio, riiiiH into 
the Ohio, 17 in. above (iallliooliH. 

LcaJ river. Mi. joigH tin; C/hir.k- 
OFawhay, H m. below .'iP N. hit. 
1o form the l*us<;apfOula. 



Mi 



Leaf river, p-t. cap. (jJrccn oo. 



Leavenvwrf.h, p-t. C'rawfonl co. 
In. on the Ohio, at the liorHCi-Khoc 
Bend, 12 m. W. Corydon, 30 SW. 
Salem, 25 S. Pafili. 

Lehanon, p-t. York co. Me. on 
the rifcataqua, 28 m. NW. York. 
I'op. 2223. 

Jjehunnn, ji-t. (jlrafton co. Nil. 
on Connecticut rivfsr, 4 rn. below 
Dartmouth Collefff;. Here in a 
mineral Kprin^, I'op. 1710. 

Lebanon, p-t. Nf;vv I.,onr|on co. 
Ct. 9 in. NW. Norwich, ;{0 SE. 
Hartford. I'op. 2,719. It Ih an 
excellent agricultural townwhip, 
and containK .0 f;hiircheH, ''A foi 
Congregational irttH, and iforiiaf 
tists, and an academy. 

I^harixm,, y-i. MadiHOn co. NV 
8 m. S. MorriHville. Pop. 1,940. 

Lehanon, })-t. Hunterdon c<» 
i\J. Top. 2,817. 

Lehancm, co. I'a. I'op. 1^,98^ 



Ldinn/m, j»-t. bor. and cap. Le 
h^Hon CO. I'a. on Qiiitapahill 
';reek, 25 im. E. Harrinburj^ 



L K E 

,or. I,4.i7, of town 3,059. 'J'ho 
.Schuylkill and SuHtpiehanniih ri- 
H'.rn ar«; connected at thiw place. 
)y a canal. 

JjCl)unon,i. Wayne cr). i'a. i'op. 

ift. 

JjlharKm, p t. cap. HuhbcII tM. 



Lr.lianmi, p-t. and cap. Wilson 
:o. 'I'en. 2.0 m. i/^. /Nashville. In 
he vicinity In an academy. 

Jjehanon, p-t. Washington Co. 
Kv. .'/3 m. \'r. I'rankfort. 

Jjclxinon, p-t. and cap. Wurr'-n 
CO. Ohio, 23 m. S. Dayton, 80 "SW. 
(JojumbuH, !8K. Hamilton, .'«) i\. 
(!incinnati. It contaiuH a court- 
lioMHC, jail, 2 churchea, ! for I {a p- 
tistHandl for MethodiMtw, a bank, 
2mark«;t-liOiiHC!H, a print inff-otlic-, 
and public library. I'op, 1,079 
I. on. 84° r W. I>at. 39° Zr,' N. 

JjeJtav/yn, t. J\1(;ig.sco. O. I'ojj. 
2.03.— .Ashtabula CO. 2V.i. 

fjf'Jjanon, p-t. St. C'lair co. 11]. 
on Silver crecik, which f'allH into 
the Kankawkia ; '20 m. \'l. St. fiOiiiH. 

fjchanon, t. I/iwrence co. Ar- 
kauKaK Ter. I'oj). .309. 

Le hnevf, t. Erie co. F'a. Pop 
50i, 

Ledyard, t. Cayuga co. NY. on 
fJayiiga lake, 19m. SW. Auburn, 

hee, t. Hancock co. Me. 2.0 in, 
NW. C-iHtincK 

J.ce, t. Straflbrd co. NH. 13 in, 
,\W. Portsmouth. I'op. 1,224. 

Ijee, j»-t. lierkHliire CO. Mh. .Om. 
1- SK. Lenox, 132 W. iionton. I'op 
1,.384. 

JjCC, p-t. Oneida co. ^S . 8 jo. .^ 
Ron). •■ '*"■'• 



ixni: I'op. 2,1 ««. 
IjCc, CO. Va. I'(»p. 4,2.06. Slavc/i 
.%«. Chief t. JoncHvilie. 

fjee, t. Athena co, Ohio. i'op. 

\m. 

Leech Tjiike, MiHHonri Urt. J 2 
I2,rnile« long: on the W. Hide in 



"^^'NW. l^iladclphJa. I'op. of t be 'fort fn ht- 47° lf>' 1 3" N. l.t^h'/i 



v.f»r, the outlet forms the SW. 
branch of the Mississippi, and 
unites with the main branch 35 m. 
below Little Winnipec lake. The 
Ivcech-lake Indians are 1,200 ii, 
nuniber,divided into several bands. 

JLte<is, p-t. Kennebec co. Me. on 
the Androscoggin, 20 m. SW. Au- 
gusta. Pop. 17534. 

Leeds, t. Gloucester co. NJ. on 
the Atlantic, 4 W. Mr.Iicus r. 

Leeds, p-t. Westmireland co. 
Va. noted for the rac-;-course in 
ilsi vicinity. 14 m. E. Port Roval, 
40 SE. Fredericksburg, 70 NE. 
Fachmond. 

Leesburg, p-t. and cap. Loudon 
rtJ.Va. 4 ni.SW. Potomac river, 27 
fr. Frederickstown, (Md.) 46 NW. 
Alexandria. 

Leesburg, p. Vv'ashington co. 
Ton. 

Leesburg, p-t. Harrison co. Ky. 

Lei;56i/r^,t. Champaign CO. Ohio. 
— p-t. Highland co. — p-t. Tusca- 
r;i\vas co. Pop. 131. 

Lehigh, co. Pa. Pop. 18,985. 

Lehigh, t. Northampton co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,550. 

LeJiigh, r. Pa. runs into the Del- 
aware at Easton, after a course of 
75 miles. It is navigable 30 miles. 

Leicester, p-t. Addison co. Vt. 
on Otter creek, 9 S. Middlebury. 
Pop. 54S. 

Leicester, p-t. Worcester co. 
Mass. 6 m. W. Worcester, 46 
WSW. Boston. Pop. 1,252. It 
contains an academy,aud 3 church- 
es, 1 for Congregationalists, 1 for 
Anabaptists, and 1 for Friends. 
'The academy was incorporated in 
J 734, and is well endowed. It 
J.;i.!s usually about 100 students. 
The building is large and hand- 
f^t'tae, 3 stories high, in a pleasant 
village near the meeting liouse. 
Woolen cards are manufactured 
1 this town to a larg^ amount. 



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Jjeicester, t. Livingston cu v 1 
on the W. side of Genesee river, 
m. W. Geneseo. Pop. 1,331. 

Lemingion, p-t. Essex co.Vt. t 11 
Connecticut river, 64 m. NE. 
Montpelier. Pop. 139. 

Lemon, t. Butler co. Ohio, on 
Miami river, 10 m. above Hamil- 
ton. Pop. 2,133. 

Lempster, p-t. Cheshire co. NIL 
42 m. W. Concord. Pop. 950. 

Lenoire, co. NC. Pop. 6,739. 
Slaves 3,355. Chief t. Kingston. 

Lenox, p-t. and cap. Berkshire 
CO. Mass. on the Housatonnuc, 6 
m. N. Stockbridge, 6 S. Fittstield, 
135 W. Boston. Pop. 1,315. It 
contains a court-house, jail, aca- 
demy, and 3 churches. Here is a 
a furnace for casting hollow iron 
ware. 

Lenox, p-t. Madi-son co. NY. on 
Oneida lake, and on the canal, 12 
m. N.Morrisville, 25 W.Utica,118 
W. Albany. Pop. 3,360. Iron 
ore, gypsum, water-lime, and salt- 
springs, are found here. 

Lenox, X.. Susquehamiahco. Pa. 
Pop. 214. 

Le7iQx, p-t. Ashtabula co. Ohio. 
Pop. 124. 

Lenoxville, sea-port, Carteret 
CO. NC. at the mouth of a small 
river which falls into Core sound, 
3 m. fr. Beaufort. It has lately 
attracted attention as a good situ- 
ation for trade. 

Leominster, p-t. Worcester co. 
Ms. on Nashua river, with nume- 
rous mills and manvfactories. 20 
m. N. Worcester. Pop. 1,790. 

Lconnrdstown, p-t. aiid cap. St. 
Mary's co. Md. on Britton's creek, 
5 m. above its entrance into the 
Potomac, 30 ES. Port Tobacco, 
74 S. Annapolis. 

Leray, p-t. Jefferson co. NY. on 
Black river, 8 NE. Watertown, 
80 NW. All^Kny. Pop. 1,7^,4.. •- 



A. 



L E W 
p-t. Genesco co. 



LEX 



Lcroy, p-t. Genesco co. NY.j L&tviston, p-t. Niagara C6. NY. 
u ith a village on AUaa's crock, 10 on Niagara rivor,opposite Qiieens- 
'" E.Batavia,38VV. Canandaiffua. ton. The villarro of Lewiston 



Pop. 2,611. I stands on the river at the head of 

Leroy, p-t. Medina co. O. navigation, and contains the cue- 

/>c<arf,t. Meigs CO. O. Pop.410.tom-hou.se, and a Presbyterian 
Ldterkenny^ t. Franklin co. Pa. church. Two steam-boats ply be- 
Pop. 1,820. tween this place and Ogdtmsburg. 
Levana, p-t. Brown co. O. on 7 m. S. Fort Niagara, 27 N. Ijuffa- 
the Ohio, 2 m. below Ripley. |lo, 20 W. Lockport, 314 W. Alba- 
Pop. 100. Here is a printing-jny. Pop. in 1825, 1,237. 
office. " I Lewislown, p-t. bor. and cap. 
Levant, p-t. Penobscot co. Me. 1 Mifflin co. Pa. on the N. side of 
10 m. NW. Bangor. Pop. 143. |the Juniatta, 23 m. NFl Hunting- 
Leverett, p-t. Franklin co. Ms.jdon, 86 NW. Harrisburg, 1.52 \^. 
10 m. SE. Greenfield, 85 W. Bos-'j^hiladelphia. It is regularly laid 
♦'^n. Pop. 857. [out,andcontainsa courthou.se,jaiJ, 
Leivis, CO. NY. Sn. ra. 1,003. market-house, and bank. Pop.773. 
' ijt. 9,227. Chief t. Martinsburg.j fjevuslouut, or /ycw;e5, p-t. Sus- 
Levji.s, p-t. Essex co. NY. 4 m.'sex co. Del. on Lewis creek, 3 m. 
N. Elizabethtown. Pop. 779.'above its entrance into Delaware 
bay, 3 W. Cape Henlopen, 112 S. 
Pop. 4,247. 1 Philadelphia. It stands on eleva- 
Weston. ted ground, commanding a fine 
view of the ocean, and contains an 
academy and 2 churches, 1 for 
Pre.sbytfTians and 1 for Method- 



Pop. 3,973. 



Here are 2 forges. 

r^ewis, CO. Va. 

•ivesllo. Chief t 

Lewis, CO. Ky. 
Slaves 464. C'hieft. Clarksburg. 

Leivis, p-t. Brown co. O. Pop. 
1,605. 

Levnshv.rg, n-t. Union co. Pa. 
Fop. 579. 

Jxwsbvrg, or Tarstoicn, p-t. 
Northumberland CO. Pa. on the W. 
side of the Si:squehannah, over 
■which is a bridge, 7 miles above 
Northumberland, 30 E. Aarons-' 
burg. It is well situatedlfor trade. |the coniinencemeiit of the Ameri • 

Lcidr.hvrg, t. Greenbriar co.ican revolution. A monument i;-? 
\r\. on the Greenbriar 250 m. W.jerectedon the spot. 
Kfrhmond. j Leringfon, p-t. Green co. NY. 

'.cwis' creed, Vt. runs into Lak'i.lO m. W. Catskill, 43 m. fr. Alba- 
mplaiii at Ferrisburg. jny. lop. 1,798. 

'.r:wU River, r. Oregon ter. ri-l I^exingtnn keig-hfs, p-v. in the 
.'Tithe Rocky .rnountains, and' above town, 
r a coarse of about 900 miles, Le/ington, p-t. and cap. Rock- 

' ^'■s the E. side of ColumbLi n-: bridge co. Va. on the N. branch of 
'. I. US m. above its mouth. | James riv'-r, 30 m. .S vV. Sta^inton, 

f.aoistori, p-t. Lincoln co. Me. 151 W. Richmond. Lon 79° 40' 
lie Androscoirgin, at the falls. *V. Lat. 37° 50' jV. The situa- 

ii. W. AViscasset. Pop. l,312.ition of the town|is healthy aiid 



ists. Here are extensive salt- 
works- Pop. 1,657. 

LevHstoinn, p-t. cap. Montgo- 
meTv CO. Mo. 

Ijeiingtrm, p-t. Middlesex co. 
Mass. 10 m. NW. Boston. Fop. 
1200. In this town a battle was 
fought April 19, 1775, which was 



li K X I/IU- 

Hg/eeal)le. It contains a court- 



L E A 



cabins. It is now a large anii 



houae, jail, meeting-house for 
Presbyterians, a college, and about 
100 dwelling-houses, Thu college 
is called Washington College, af- 
ter Gen. Washington, who endow- 
ed it with 100 shares in the James 
siver canal. It was incorporated 
as an academy in 1782, under the 
pame of Liberty Hall academy, 
uut the canal stock having become 
within a few years very produc- 
tive, it has assumed the form of a 
college. It has a philosophical ap 
paratus, a library of about 2000 
volumes, a president, 2 professor: 
and about 50 students. The canal 
shares have in some years pro 
d\iced an income of more than 
|3000. 

Lexington, dis. SC. Pop. 8083 
Slaves 2800. Chief t. Granby. 

Lexington^ p-t. and cap. Ogle- 
thorpe CO. Ga. containing a court- 
house, jail, and academy. 76 m, 
NW. Augusta. 

Lexington, p-t. cap. Henderson 
CO. Te. 

Lexington^ p-t. and cap. Fayette 
CO. Ky. is delightfully situated in a 
beautiful valley on Town Fork, a 
sraail stream which falls into the 
S. branch of Elkhorn river, 25 
jn. F,§E. Frankfort, 76 E. Louis- 
ville, 88 S. Cincinnati. Lat. 38® 
6' N. Lon. 85° 8' W. It is regu 
laxly laid out, and contains acourt 
kouse, a market-house, a masonic 
hail, 3 banks, a lunatic anylurj, : 
public library ,the university b .ild 
ings, 2 female academies, 3 print- 
ing-offices, and 7 houses of public 
worship, 3 for Presbyterians, and 
1 each for Episcopalians, Baptists, 
Metiiodists, and Roman Catholics. 
Tiie growth of this town has 
been exceedingly rapid. In 1797, 
it contained only aboyt 50 houses, 
and t-he best farmer* lited yjii. leg 



beautiful town, covered with state- 
ly and elegant buildings, and in 
wealth and refinement is scarcely 
surpassed by any place in the west- 
ern country. Pop. 5279. Th(5 
manufacturing establishments arc 
various and extensive. Here arc 
4 nail factories, which manufac- 
ture 70 tons of nails yearly ; 2 cop - 
per and tin manufactories, several 
cotton and woollen manufactories , 
3 steam grist-mills, 2 steam paper 
mills, ropewalks on a large scak. 
besides tanneries, breweries, dis 
tiileries, &c. The country aroun' i 
Lexington is mucii admired for th; 
beauty of its scenery, and is adon: 
ed with many handsome country 
seats. 

Transylvania University, in this 
place, is under a board of 13 trus- 
tees, who are chosen biennally by 
the legislature. In 1824, the ofli- 
cers were a president, 13 profe; 
sors, (including 5 professors, ain 
a lecturer in the medical depari 
ment,) and the principal of thv 
preparatory department. Tin 
number of students was 396, of 
whom 48 were law studeirts, 
197 medical students, 124 under- 
graduates, and 27 in the prepara- 
tory department. The buildings 
consist of two college edifices of 
brick, one a spacious building, 130 
feet by 50, 3 stories high, contain- 
ing a chapel, 4 recitation-rooms, 
a room for tiie library, and 30 



rooms for students. The library 
contains about 3000 volumes, and 
a considerable sum has recently 
been eiipended in the purchase of 
a chemical and philosophical ap- 
paratus. 

Lexington, t. Stark co. Oliio. 
Pop. 539. 

Lexington, p-t. and cap. Scott 
CO. In. ' 



L r u 

Leydcn, t. Franklin co. Ms. 100 
m. W. Boston. Pop. 974. 

Leyden, p-t. Lewis co. NY. on 
Black river, 33 in. N. Utioa, 115 
NW. Albany. Pop. 869. 

Liberty, t. Sullivan co. NY. on 
Delaware river. 22 m. NW. INIun- 
ticello. Pop. 851. " 

Liberty, t. Adams Co. Pa. Pop. 
1,027. Columbia CO. 1,146. 

Liberty, p-t. and cap. Bedford 
CO. \'a. 15 m. NW. New London. 
35 ESE. Fincastle. 

Liberty, co. Ga. Pop. 6,695. 
Slaves 5,0J7. Chief t. Riceboro'. 

Liberty, p-t. and cap. Amite co. 
Mi. 65 m. fr. Madisoaville. 

Liberty, p-t. Smith co. Ten. 20 
m. S. Carthage. 

Liberty, p-t. and cap. Casey co. 
Kv. 68 m. fr. Frankfoit. 

Liberty, 8 towns, Oliio, viz. 
t. Adams co. Pop. 1,143. But- 
ler, 2,814. Clinton, 447. Dola- 
Avare, 5.50. Fairfield, 998. High- 
land, 1,680. p-t. Montgomery, 
t. Trumbull, 634. 

Liberty, p-t. cap. Union co. In. 

Liberty town. p-t. Frederick co. 
Md. 12 m. NE. Fredericktown, 
46 m. from Washington. 

Lick, t. Jackson co. Ohio. Pod. 
503. 

Licking, r. Ky. falls into the 
Ohio, at Newport, ailer a course 
of more than 180 miles. It is na- 
vigable 70 miles. 

Licking; r. Ohio, joins the 
Muskingum, opposite Zanesville. 

Licking, co. Ohio. Pop. 11,861. 
Chief t. Newark. 

Licking, Ohio, t. Licking co. 

tFop. 723. Muskiiigum co. 710. 
LilUird, CO. Mo. Pop. 1,340. 
Chief t. Mount Vernon. 
m. Lima, p-t. Livingston co. NY. 
116 m. W. Canandajgua, 30 E. Ba- 
tavia, 224 frprn Albany. Pop. 
1,963. 



149 L i 'u 

Lime, p-t. Grafton cO. Nil. oU 
Connecticut river, 6 m. S. Orford, 
54 from Concord. Pop. 1,824. 

Limerick, p-t. York co. Me. S.'? 
m. N. York, 30 NW. Portland. 
It contains a flourishing academy., 
2 houses for public worship, 1 fof 
Gougregationalists, and 1 for 
Banlists, and several mills. Pop. 
1,377. 

Lime.stone, t. Columbia co. Pa- 
Pop. 426. 

Limestone, co. Al. Pop. 9,871. 
Slaves 2,919. Chief t. Cottoxi 
Port. 

Limestone creek, Ten. the NE. 
branch of the Nolachucky. 

Limestcne valley, Va. between 
the Blue Ridge, and- Alleghany 
mountains. 

Limhtgton, p-t. York co. Me. on 
Saco river, 40 m. N. Saco. Pop. 
2,122. 

Lmcklaen, p-t. Chenango to. 
NY. 21 m. NW\ Norwich. 

Lincoln, co. Maine. Pop. 
.53,1-39. Chief t.Wiscasset. 

Lincoln, p-t. Hancock co. Mc. 
27 m. NW. Castine. 

Lincoln, t. Grai'tonco. NH. 151 
m. N. Concord. Pop. 32. 

Lincoln, t. Addison co. Vt. 21 
m. SW. Muntpelicr. Pop. 27J>. 

Lincoln, p-t. Mitldlcsex co. Ms. 
16 m. NW. Boston. Pop. 706. 

Lincoln, co. NC. Fop. 18,147. 
Slaves 3,329. Chief t. Liucoln- 
ton. 

Lincoln, co. Ga. Pop. 6,458. 
Slaves 3,063. Chief t. Lincoln- 
ton. 

Lincoln, co. Te. Pop. 14,761. 
Slaves 2,250. Chief t. FayetteV, 

Lincoln, co. Ky. Pop. 9,979. 
Slaves 3,053. Chief t. Stanford. 

Lincoln, t. Mercer co. Ky. on 
Dick's river^ 12 m. SE. Danville, 
11 NW.Crab-ojchar'd... , . •. . 

Lincoln, to. Mo. Pop. 1,662. 
O 



,:3lave3 242. Chief t. Alexandria 

jLincolnton, p-t. and cap. Liu 
coin CO. NC. 41 m. fr. ChiurJotte 
46 from Morgantown. 

Lincolnton, p-t. and cap. Lin- 
coln CO. Geo. 40 m. N W. Augusta. 

Lincolnville, p-t. Hancoclc co. 
Me. on the W. side of Penobscot 
bay, Id in. W. Castine. Fop. 
1,294. 

Linden, p-t. Marengo co. Al. 

Linton, t. Coshocton co. Ohio. 
Pop. 673. 

Lisbon, p-t. Lincoln co. Me. on 
the Androscoggin, 2o m. W. Wis- 
casset. Pop. 2,24(). 

Lisbon, p-t. New London co. 
Ct. on ■ " 
Norwich 



nail manufiictory, 18 saw-niiib, 
(i fulling-mills, 5 large tanneries, 
beside several other manufac- 
turing establishments. There are 
8 chuich«s, 4 for Congaegational- 
ists, 3 for Episcopalians, and 1 
for Baptists. In the Society of 
South Farms is Morris Academy, 
a flourishing institution, establish- 
ed in 1 790. The Latin and Greek 
languages are taught at this semi- 
nary, and particular attention is 
paid to the morals of the students. 
Litchfield village, incorporated 



\M 



1818, is pleasantly situated 

along the summit of a hill, com- 

. manding an extensive and delight- 

the Quinebaug, 7 m. N.jful prospect. It contains a court- 

I, 45 SE. Hartford. Pop. i house, jail, bank, 2 churches, and 



84 dwelling-houses. Here also 

Lisbon, p-t. St. Lawrence co.:is a private school for young la- 
NY. on the river St. Lawrence, dies, which maintains a very dis- 
3 m. below Ogdensburg. Pop. 930..tingulshed reputation. The Litch- 

Lisbon, t. Lincoln co. Ga. at the field Law School was established 
junction of Broad and Savannah in 1784, by the late Tapping 
livers. i Reeve. In 1798 he associated 

Lisle, p-t. Broome CO. l\Y. 13 m. v>ith himself, as jouit instructor, 
N, Binghamton. Pop. ."i,083. the Hon. James Gould, who has 

Litchfield, p-t. Lincoln co. IMe. now the sole charge of the school. 
25 in. NW. Wiscasset, 10 from This has been justly considered 
Kallowell. Pop. 2,120. as the most respectable and sys- 

Liichfidd, t. Hillsboro' co. NH. tematic law school in the United 
on the Merrimack, 30 m. S. Con- States. The number of students 
cord. Pop. 465. educated since its establishment, 

Litdtfictd, CO. Ct. Pop. 41,267. is more tlian 600. 

LttchftJd, p-t. and cap. of Litclifield, t. Herkimer co. NY. 
LitchfiAd CO. Ct. 30 m. W. Hart-' 11 miles SW. Herkimer, 10 S. 
ford ; 38 NN W. ISew Haven. Lon.'Utica. Pop. 1,729. 
73° 15' W. Lat. 41° 42' N. Pop-J LHchfitld, p-t. cap. Graysou 
4,610. It is an elevated township ;!C0. Ky. 

Mount Tom, near the SW. cor-j Lite, p-t. Lancaster co. Pa. on a 
iier, is 700 feet above the river atlbranchof Conestaga creek, is set- 
its base. Litchtieid Great pond, tied by Moravians and contains a 
the largest in the state, is a beau- church ajjd academy. Pop. 3(l'j. 



tiftil sheet of water, comprisiug 
an area ot' about 900 acres. At 
its outlet, are numerous valuable 
niill-seats. There ara in Li,tch- 
li«ld 4 fprges, 1 slitting-mill, 1 



8 m. IN. Lancaster, 66 W. by N. 
Philadelphia. 

Little beaver, r. joins Ohio ri- 
ver in Pa. after a $K. Gourie of 
30 miles! ' 



LIT I- 

Jyiitle Britain, t. Lancaster co. 

iPa. Pop. 2,169.— the birth place 

of Robert FuJtoii, 1765. 

Little Com.pton, p-t. Newport 

fto. RL 30 m. SC. Providence. 

Pop. i,rjm. 

Little creek, t. Kent co. Del. 
Pop. 1,963. Sussex co. 2,851. 

lAttle Falls, p-v. Herkimer co. 
NY. on the Mohawk, derives its 
name from the falls in the river 
ot this place. The river here de- 
Bcends in the course of about a 
mile, 42 feet. For about half a 
mile, it passee through a fissure in 
the rocks wrhich rise on each side 
500 feet, and seem formerly to 
liave been united and to have con- 
stituted the barrier of a lake ex- 
tending far to the W. In 1 795, 
a canal was constructed on the N. 
side, round the fails, which is 
three-quarters of a mile long, and 
cut almost the whole distance 
through an uncommonly hard 
rock. This canal is aow con- 
:iected with the Erie canal on the 
opposite side of the river, by an 
aqueduct 170 feet long, and 30 
feet above the stream. The vil 
lage of Little Falls stands on the 
Erie canal, and has unusual 
advantage* for a manufacturing 
place. It contains about 100 
houses, including a church and a 
printing-office. 7 m. E. Herkimer 
village, 71 W. Albany. 

Liittle Mackinaw, navigable r. 
111. rune into the E. side of 111 
nois river, 12 m. below Peoria. 

Little Missmiri, r. Arkansas, a 
S. branch of the Wachita. 

Little rest. See South Kingston. 

LAttle river, forms part of the 
boundary between NC. and SC 
ind runs into the Pedee. 

Little river, Ga. runs into the 
savannah 30 m. above Augusta; 

Trtflte river^ fia. joins the 



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Oconee 12 m. above.Milledgeville. 

Little river, Ky. runs into the 
E. side of the Cumberland. 

TJMle river, In. runs into the 
Wabasli, above Vincenncs. 

Little rock, p-t. Pulaski co. and 
the seat of government of Arkan- 
sas ter. is on the SW. bank of the 
Arkansas, where the first hills 
occur in ascending the river. 
The land here is elevated 150 or 
2001eet above the level of the ri- 
v(!r, and has good springs of wa- 
ter. The great road from St. 
Ixiuis to the Wachita and Natchi- 
toches, passes through this place. 
The settlement was commenced 
in 1820. Here is a printing-office 
from which a newspaper i» issued. 
140 m. from Memphis, Te. 300 
from the mouth of the Arkanaas, 
50 from the Wachita. 

Littleton, p-t. Grafton co. NH. 
on Connecticut river, at the 15 
mile falls. Littleton village, or 
(ilynville, in the S. part of the 
town, stands on the Ammonoo- 
suc, which here has falls. 17 m. 
below Lancaster, 100 N. Concord, 
i^p. 1,096. 

Littleton, p-t. Middlesex co. 
Ms. 28 m. WNW. Boston. Pop. 
955. 

Little valley, p-t. Cataraugus 
CO. NY. on the AUe'jhany, 12 m^ 
SW. KUicottviUe. Pop. 484. 

Livermore, p-t. Oxibrd co. Me. 
on the Androscoggin, 18 m. NE, 
Paris, 78 from Portland. Pop. 
2,174. 

lAverpool, p-v. NY. on the E, 
f>hore of Onondaga lake, with ex- 
tensive salt works. .3 m. N. Sali- 
na village. Pop. in 1825, 375. 

Liverpool, p-t. Medina co. O. 
on Rocky river, 15 m. from Lake 
Eri(!, 15 from Cleaveland. Pop. 
179. Here are salt works. 

Jiivirtffston,c&. iXY. sq. m. 4^(>v 






LOT) lk2 

19,196. Chief t. Geneseo. 



Avingston, p-t. Columbia co. 
NY. on the Hudson, 12 m. below 
jtludson. Pop. 1,938. 

Livingston, p-t. Essex co. NJ. 
Fop. 1,056. 54 m. NE. Trenton. 

Livingston, co. Kv- Pop. 5,824. 
Slaves 1,020. Chief t. Smithland. 

Livonia^ p-t. Livingston co NY. 
Z m. E. Geneseo. Pop. 2,427. 

Lloyd's or Horse neck, NY. 
forros the W. side of Huntington 
bay, Long Island. 

Locke, p-t. Cayuga co. NY. 
The village stands on Owasco 
tfreek, and contains a church and 
several mills. 21 m. SSE. Auburn. 
Pop. 2,559. 

Lockpori, p-t. and cap. Niagara 
€X). NY. on the Erie canal. The 
village stands at the head of 5 
locks, each of 12 feet, by means 
of which the canal attains here a 
difference of level of 60 feet. The 
locks are double, so that boats 
descend in them to the E. while 
others are ascending to the W. 
The growth of Lockport, has 
bsen surprisingly rapid. When 
the route of the canal was esta- 
blished, in 1821, the place was a 



h Q N. 
or Mad Cape, 



Lodo, or Mad Cape, at tlu 
mouth of the Mississippi. Lou. 
71° 42' W. Lat. 29° 10' N. 

Loftus^ heights, p-v. Wilkinsoa 
CO. Mi. on the Mississippi, 38 m. 
by land above Natchez, 51 by the 
river. 

Logan, t. Centre co. Pa. Pop. 
431. 

Logan, CO. Va. 

Logan, CO. Kv. Pop. 12,711. 
Slaves 4,019. Chief t. RusselviUe. 

Logan, CO. O. Pop. 3,131. 
Chief t. Bellefontaine. 

Logan, p-t. and cap. Hocking 
CO. O. on the N. side of the Hock- 
hocking, 18 m. SE. Lancaster. 
Pop. 100. 

London, t. Anne- Arundel co, 
Md. 5 m. SW. Annapolis. 

London, p-t. and cap. Madison 
CO. Ohio. 18 m. E. Springfield, 25 
W.Columbus. Pop. 132. 

London Britain, t. Chester co. 
Pa. Pop. 425. 

Londonderry, p-t. Rockingham 
CO. NH. 25 m. S. Concord, 35 SW. 
Portsmouth. Pop. 3,127, chiefly 
descendants of emigrants from 
Ireland. It a valuable agricul- 
tural township, and considerable 



\vilderness. In 1824 it contained^attention is paid to manufactures. 
a court-house, 9 considerable ho- jit is divided into 2 parishes, and 
t(ils^4 churcheg, 1 for Friends, 1 contains 2 Presbyterian churches, 

and a well endowed academy. 
Londonderry, p-t. Windham 

CO. Vt. 27 SW. Windsor. Pop. 



for Presbyterians, 1 for Baptists, 
and 1 for Methodists ; and a 
printing-office from which a 



weekly newspaper 



issued.; 958. 



Pop. 2,000. Above the locks, 
the canal pierces the Mountain jco 
ridffe. A past^ge is cut through 581 



rock, to the depth of 20 feet, forjco. 602. 



Londonderry, Pa. t. Lebanon 

Pop. 1,629. p-t. Chester 

t. Dauphin 1,100. Bedford 



43 miles. 20 m. E. Lewiston, 31 
E. Buffalo, 63 W. Rochester 288 
W. Albany, 

Lodebar Academy, is 10 m, 
from Sumpterville, SC. 

Lodi, V. Onondaga co. NY. on 
'{Iio canal, 1 m, E. Syracuse-. 



London grove, p-t. Chester co. 
Pa. Pop. 1097. 91 from Harris- 
burgh. 

Long bay, on the coast of NC. 
and SC. between the Cape Feur 
river and the Pedee. 

Long, or Eighteen mile beacji^ 



L O N 



L Q S 



^sJ. between Bariiegat ba}' aiid|Ms. on the E. side of Comiecti 
Little Egg harbour. 

Long Island, Me. 
rough. 

Long Island, NY. extends from 
the narrows below New York|Bridgetown, is 10 miles long, and 



jcut river, b m. S. Springlield, 97 
See Islesbo-\W. Bo.ston. Pop. 1,171. 

I Long prairies. See Emviaus. 
Long Pond, Me. chiefly iji 



city, in an easterly direction, 140 
miles to Moiitauk point. Us 
average breadth is 10 miles, and 
it contains 1,400 sq. miles. It is 
divided into three counties, 
King's, Queen's, and Suiiblk. A 
ridge of hills extends from the 
narrows to River head, ibrming 
the heights at Brooklyn, and at 
Harbour hill inHempstead, attain- 
ing an elevation of 319 feet above 
the sea. North of this ridge the 
country is rough and hilly, but 
the soil is well calculated lor 
raising grain, hay, and fruit. Th'o 
S. side of the island lies low, 
with a light sandy soil, but we;;.! 
adapted to grain, particularly to 
Indian corn. On the sea coast 
are extensive salt meadows. A 
beach of sand and stones runs 
along the S. side of the island for 
100 miles, with various inlets, ad- 
mitting vessels of 60 or 70 tons. 
The long narrow bay ibrmed by 
the beach is in the v/idest places, 
2 miles broad. Pop. 56,973. 

Long Island, small isl. Va. at 
the mouth of York river. 

Long, or Great Island in Hols- 
ton rivur, Ten. 43 m. fr. Abing- 
ton, Va. 

Long Island, Florida, iri the 
gulf of Mexico. Lon. d2° 55'~W. 
Lat. 270 50' N. 

Long Island Sound, an inland 
sea, from 3 to 25 miles broad, and 
about 140 long, dividing Long 
Island from Connecticut. It 
communicates with the ocean zl 
each enA, and affords a very safe 
and convenient navigation. ' j 

EongmeadQio, p-t. Hampden co. h 
02 



1 broad, and connected by sungo 
river with Sebago lake. 

Long sv)amp, p-t. Berks co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,371. 

Look-out Cape, NC. the S. point 
of Ocrecock- inlet. Lon. 76o 37' 
W. Lat. 34° 12! N. 

Lookout Mountains, extend 
across the boundary between 
Georgia and Tennessee, and ter- 
minate abruptly 6 m. E. of the 
Suck in Tennessee river. On the 
toi of one of these mountains is 
a u;;tural fortification, once occu- 
pied by the Creeks, the rocks be- 
ing so arranged as to have con- 
venient apartments for lodging. 
Here are also several caves pre- 
senting numerous petrifactions. 
Lower down, on the bank of Lit- 
tle river, a branch of the Coosa, is 
another natural fort, formed by 
i concentric v/alls, the outermost 
enclosing 2 acres and terminated 
at each end by a precipice, 200 
feet high. 

Lookout Point, Md. at the 
junction of the Potomac with 
Chesapeake bay. 

Loramie, navigable r. O. runs 
into the Miami above Piqua. 

Loretto, t. Cambria co. Pa. 
! op. 44. 

Lorraine, p-t. Jefferson co, 
NY. 16 m. SW. Watertown. Pop. 
1,112.. 

Lost creek, t. Miami co. Ohio. 
Pop. 567. 

Lost creek, Vigo co. In. flows 
toward the £. side of the Wa- 
bash, and is lost in the sand. 
I Lost run, r. Vigo co. In. runs 
ii,.-%\ard. Qtt<fr <creek, but before 



L d U U 

aeacUing it, is lost in the sands. 

Loudon, p-t. Merrimack co. 
AH. 7 NE. Concord. Pop. 1,694. 

Loudon, CO. Va. Pop. 22,702. 
Slaves 5,729. Chief t. Leesburg. 

Loiigherty''s Creek, Ind. rims 
into the Ohio, 11 m. below Miami 
river. 

Lmttsa, CO. in the central part 
t)fVa. Pop. 13,746. Slaves 7,560. 

Louisa, p-t. cap. Lawrence co. 
Kentucky. 

Louisa chitio. See JBighlack. 

Ijouisbvrg, p-t. and cap. Frank- 
lin CO. NC. on Tar river, 23 m. 
NE. Raleigh, 104 from Washing- 
ton. 

Louisiana. This name was ori- 
ginally applied to the whole coun- 
try west of the Mississippi, in- 
cluded within the limits of the 
states of Louisiana and Missouri, 
nnd of Arkansas and Missouri 
territories. In 1803, this country 
%vas purchased bv the U. S. from 
f'rance, for about |'15,000,000. 

Louisiana, one of the U. S. 
V)Ounded N. by Arkansas Ter. ; E. 
by the state of Mississippi ; S. by 
tfie gulf of Mexico ; and TV. by 
the Spanish dominions. It ex- 
tend from lat. 29° to 33^ N. and 
Irom Ion. 89o to 940 W. and con 
t'.iins 48,220 square miles, or 
30,860,800 acres. It was admit 
ted into the Union in 1811. Pop. 
153,407. Slaves 69,064. The 
ATilue of the exports in 1817, was 
$13,.'501,036. The duties on mer 
chandise paid in this state in 
1815, was .$984,909. The staple 
productions are cotton, sugar, and 
rice. Amount of sugar made in 
1817, 20,000,000 lbs. 

Louisiana, p-t. cap. Pike co 
J\Io. on Salt river at its conflu 
rnce with the Mississippi. 80 m 
NW. St. Cbaries. Here is an 
vicaScmv. 



L I 

I^ouisville,ji-t. St. Lawrence CO. 
NY. on the St Lawrence. 30 
below Ogdensburgh. Pop. 831. 

Louisville, p-t. and cap. Jeffer- 
son CO. Ga. on the Ogeechee, 40 
m. W. Augusta, 48 E. Milledge- 
ville, 100 NW.Savannah. Pop.694. 

Louisville, p-t. and cap. Jeffer- 
son CO. Ky. is pleasantly situated 
on an elevated and beautiful plain, 
on the S. bank of the Ohio, imme- 
diately above the rapids, 120 m. 
below Cincinnati, 50 W. Frank- 
fort. Lat. 38^ 10' N. Lon. 85° 
30' W. Pop. 4,012. It contains 
an elegant court-house, a jail, a 
theatre, 3 banks, one of them a 
branch of the U. S. bank ; an in- 
surance company, a market-house, 
a hospital, 3 churches, 1 for Bo- 
man Catholics, 1 for Presbyteri- 
ans, and 1 for Methodists: 3 print- 
ing-offices ; and 670 dwelling- 
houses, principally brick. Among 
the manufacturing establishments 
is SI distillery, established by a. 
company formed in New England 
in 1816, and incorporated in this 
State, under the name of the Hope 
Distillery Company. It is the most 
extensive establishment of the 
kind in the U. States, yielding 
1,200 gallons per day. Here also 
are o tobacco manufactories ; a 
factory for the construction of 
steam-engines, in which about 60 
workmen are employed ; a oap 
and candle manufactory,supposed 
to be the largest in the Avestern 
country, and producing 12,000 
pounds of soap, and 6,000 pounds 
of candles per week ; a sugar re- 
finery ; a steam flour-miii, and 2 
steam saw-mills. The commerce 
of Louisville and Shippingport has 
increased astonishingly within a 
few years. There are now up- 
wards of 25 steam-boats, measur- 
ing together 6,050 tons, rmplrtycji 



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,,i ijici)- commerce. A canaljped through this port. ni. ^i- 
around the rapids of the Ohio atJEastport, 28 E. Machias. Pop. 
this place has lonjr been in con-il430. Lon. 67^ 5' W. Lat. 44P 



37' N. 

Lndlov), Tp't. Windsor co. Vt. IG 
ekW. ride of Tuckahoe creek, 4 m. W. Windsor. Pop. 1,144. 
. N. Kingston, 7NE. Easton. Lvdlow\ p-t. Hampden eo.Mas?. 

Z>ot>e/Z,p-t. Oxford co.Me. 20m. 12 m. NE. Springfield, 100 W. 
N. Paris. Pop. 430. Boston. Pop. 1,246. 

LoveWspond^ N. H. the head of j Li/dlovj, or Yellow Springs^ t. 
the E. branch of the Piscataqua. Greene co. Ohio, 9 m. N. Xenia, 



templation. 

Louistown, t. Talbot co. Md. on 
thekW. ride of Tuckahoe creek, 4 
m. N. Kingston, 7NE. Easton. 



Lnving-fon, p-t. cap. Nelson co. 
Va. 110 fr. Richmond. 

Lowhill^ t. Lehigh co. Pa. Pop. 
703. 

Loicville, p-t. Lewis co. NY. 
on Black river, 53 m.N. f tica, 160 



frequented on account of its me- 
dicinal springs. 

LudloWy t. Washington co. O. 
Pop. 2.59. 

Ludlmoville, p-v. Tompkins co. 
NY. lies in a deep dell at the falh 



from Albany. Pop. 1,943. Thejof Salmon creek. The creek 
village is handsomely built, andjAows into Cayuga lake a rnile be- 
contains a flourishing academy. low, and is navigable to this 

Loyal sock, r. Fa. runs into thejplace. 7 m.N. Ithaca. 
E. branch of the Susquehannah, 26 j Lximberland, t. Sullivan ro. 
m. above Sunbury. NY. on Delaware river, 14 m. S\N . 

Lnyalsock, p-t. Lycoming co.iMonticello. Pop. 569. 
Pa. Pop. 1,425. Lumberion, p-t. and cap. Ro- 

Li'hcc, p-t. and port of entry,!beson co. NC. 33 m. SSW. Fay- 
Washington CO. Me. in Passama- etteville, 92 S. Ralejgh 
quoddy 



bay. It is on the main 
land, here separated from the 
island of Campobello by a strait 
12 rods wide, called the narrows, 
or Western entrance of the Bay. 
The harbour is spacious, shelter- 
ed from every wind, and neveri 



fjunenburg; p-t. Essex co. Vt. 
on Connecticut river, 45 m. ENE. 
Montpelier. Pop. 856. 

Lvnenhurg, p-t. Worcester co. 
Ms. 25 m. N. Worcester, 45 NW. 
Boston. Pop. 1,209. 

Lunenburg, co. in the S. part 



closed by ice.' The first settle-jofVa. Pop. 10,662. Slaves 6,663. 

ments were made in 1815 : and in! Lurgan, t. Franklin co. Pa. 

1822, Lubec contained a flourish- i Pop. 1,.523, 

ing village with 64 dwelling- j Luzerne, p-t. Warren co. NY. 

houses, 34 stores, several shops, |on the Hudson, at Hadley falls, 

the custom house fc* the district, j7 m. SW. Caldwell, 12 W. Sandy- 

and a handsome Congregationaljhill. Pop. 1,430. 

church ; there is also another Con-I Lvzeme^ co. Pa. Pop. 20,027. 

gregational church at Sewarci's CLicft. Wilkesbarre. 

neck. The inhabitants are chief-l Luzerne, t. i'ayette co. Pa. on 

ly engaged in commercial pursuits,ithe Monongahela, 16 m. NW. 

particularly in the lumber traJe|Union. Pop. 1,610. 

and the fisheries. Most of the| Lycoming, co. Pa. Pop. 13,517. 

f^ypsum received mto the U.StateslChief t. Williamsport. 

from the British provinces is shin-i Lyoming, t. I-yComing CO. l^a. 



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Vopiilutlou in 1820, 1,310. 

Lycoining, creek, P;i. runs into 
Ills W. branch of the Susquelian- 
jKih at Newbury. 

Lykinsy t. Daupliin co. Pa. Pop, 
1,188. 

Lyman, p-t. York co. Me. 25 
m. N. York. Pop. 1,387. 

Lyman, t. Grafton co. NH. on 
Connecticut rtver, 13 m. above 
Haverhill. Pop. 1,270. 

Lyme, NH. See Lime. 

IJyme, p-t. New London co. Ct. 
on the E.side of Connecticut river, 
at its mouth, opposite Saybrook, 
40 m. E. New ' Haven, 40 SE. 
Hartford. Pop. 4,069. It has 6 
cliurches, and a number of vessels 
are owned here, employed in the 
coasting trade. 

Lyme, t. Jefferson co. NY. on 
Lake Ontario. Pop. 1 724. 

Lyme, p-t. Huron co. O. Pop. 
235. 

Lxjme range, a branch of tlie 
White mountains, commencing a 
little below Northampton, Ms. 
and running S. along the east bank 
of Connecticut river at the dis- 
tance 8 or 10 miles, till it termi- 
'nates at Lyme on Long Island 
sound. 

Lynchburg, p't. and cap. Camp- 
bell CO. Va. on the S. bank of 
James river, 20 m. below the great 
ftills, where the river break? 
through the Blue Ridge, 12 m. N. 
Campbell C. H. 12 ENE. New 
London, 100 W. Richmond, 160 
SW. Washington. All these dis- 
tances are measured i'n right lines. 
Lon. 79° 20' W. Lat. 37° 30' 26" 
N. It was established in 178G ; in 
1793 contained only 5 houses : 
was incorporated in 1805 ; and in 
1813 the town and vicinity contain- 
ed a court-house, jail, market- 
house, 2 banks, 4 churches, 1 for 
Presbyterians, 1 fox Methodists, 1 



for Friends, and 1 for Baptists : 
7 tobacco warehouses, in which 
from 10 to 12,000 hogsheads of 
tobacco are annually inspected ; 
3 flour-mills, 1 paper-mill, 1 card- 
ing machine, 3 cotton and woollen 
maMufactories, a marble manufac- 
tory, 44 dry goods' stores, 22 gro- 
cery stores, 4 book stores, and 
numerous other trading and ma- 
nufacturing establishments. The 
commerce of the town extend.s to 
the western comities of Virginia, 
to Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, 
and Carolina. The productions 
of this fertile and very extensive 
back country are brought to 
Lynchburg, and carried down the 
river in batteaux to Richmond. 
The principal articles are tcl^ac- 
co, wheat, flour, hemp, butter, 
whiskey, beef, and live hogs. Pop. 
in 1818, estimated at 5,500. 

Lyndeborough, p-t. Hillsboro' 
CO. NH. 35 S. Concord. Pop. 1200. 

Lyndon, p-t. Caledonia co. \ t. 
33 NE. Montoelier. Pop. 1,296. 

Lynn, p-t. Essex co. Ms. on the 
coast, 9 m. NE. Boston, 6 SW. Sa- 
lem. Pop. 4,515. It contains a 
bank, and 6 churches, 2 for Me- 
thodists, 2 for Congregationalists, 
1 for Baptists, and 1 for Friends. 
This town has long been noted 
"or the manufacture of ladies' 
shoes. The number made here in 
1811, was estimated at 1,000,000 
pairs. They are sent in large 
quantities to the southern states 
and W. Indies. Lynn Beach con- 
nects the peninsula of Nahant 
with the main land, and is a fa- 
vourite place of resort for parties 
of pleasure from Boston, Salem, 
andMarblehead. 

Lynn, p-t. Lehigh co. Pa. Pop. 
1644. 80 m. fr. Harrisburgh. 

Lynn field, t. Essex co. Ms. 10 
m. W. 'Salem, 12 m. E. Beston.. 



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rop.59G. Here Js a handsome pond. 

Lynnkaven bay, Va. at tne S. 
eod of Chesapeake bay, 7 m. W. 
Cape Henry. Here, in 1781, the 
Count de Grasse moored the 
I rincipal part of his fleet at the 
blockade of Yorktown. 

Lyons, p-t. and cap. Wayne co. 
NY. on the canal, which here 
crosses the river Clyde bv an a- 
queduct of 90 feet. The village 
has a flourishing trade, and con- 



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tains a court-house Jail,3 churches, 
and a printing-office from wMch a 
weekly newspaper is issued. Pop. 
in 1325, lOtJO : whole town in 
1820, 3972. 15 m. N. Geneva, 17 
W. Montezuma, 16 S. Sodus, 34 
E. Rochester. 

Lysander, p-t. Onondaga co. 
NY. on Seneca river. Hf re is al- 
so a post-office, at Baldwuisville, 
where are several iiiiils. 15 ni» 
rs. Onondaga, 2'.- S O.swego. 



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Mac Connehhurg, p-t. Bedford the river, is another considerable 

J. Pa. with a medicinal spring, village. A bridge is erected 

^d m. fr. Hagarstown. across Middle river between the 

J\PConnelsville, p-t. and cap. twoYillages,which,with the cause- 
Morgan CO. O. on the Muskingum, way, is 1,900 feet long. Machias 
25 m. SE. Zanesville. Pop. 151. contains a court-house, jail, 2 Con- 

M'-Donov.gh, t. Chenango co. gregational churches, and an aca- 
NY. Pop. 789. 11 m. \V . IVor- demy. The academy, called Wa- 
v.ich. shingtoR Academy, is in the east- 

J[lctcedon, p-t. Wayne co. NY. ern village. The building, which 
on the canal, 20 m. W. Lyons. is 50 feet by 38, and two stones 

Machias, r. Me. formed of two high, was presented by the inha- 
branches,the eastern and westeni, bitants of the village, together 
v.hich unite at a place v.ithiu the with a library and philosophical 
town of Machias, called Me i?tm. apparatus valued at 51,500. In 
After the junction of the two addition, the academy is endowed 
branches, the river widens into with ^14,000 productive funds. 
a bay, called Macldas bay which There is a post-office at each of 
communicates with the ocean at the settlements Machias is a 
Cross Island, 6 miles below, thriving town, and carries on 
There are falls on each of the considerable trade, principally in 
branches about 3 miles above lumber. Here are 26 saw mills, 
their confluence, which afford nu- which cut on an average upwards 
merous seats for mills. of 10,000,000 feet of boards in a 

Marhvts, p-t. port of entry and year, 
cap. Washington co. Me. on Ma- Mac Intosh, co. Ga. Pop. 5,129. 
ehias bav, 221m. NE. Portland. Slaves 3,715. Chief t. Darien. 
Lat. 44° 40 N. Pop. in 1810, Mac Kean, co. Pa. Pop. 728. 
1570 ; in 1820, 2033. The princi- Chief t. Cerestown. 
pal settlement is at the falls of the M'Kean, t.Erie co. Pa. Pop.44Q. 
east branch of Machias river. At Mac Kean^ t. Lickuig co. r> 
t'.ye falls ef the west branch of Pop. S'lJS. 



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Mackinaw. See Michillimacki- 
ixnc. 

M'-Leansborough^ p-t. and cap. 
Hamilton CO.. 111. 60 m. fr. Vanda- 
lia. 

M^MahorCs creek^ O. joins the 
Ohio, 5 m. below Wheeling. 

M'Minn, co. Ten. Pop. 1,623. 
Slaves 153. Chief t. Calhoun. 

M'-Minville, p-t. and cap. War- 
ren CO. Te. 35 m. £. Murphreys- 
boro'. 

Macomb^ CO. Michigan. Pop. 
?)98. Chief t. Mount Clemens. 

Macon., p-t. and cap. Bibb co. 
Ga. on the Oakmulgee, is a place 
of considerable trade. Here area 
bank and a printing-office. 35 m. 
WSW. Milledgeville. Pop. 900. 

Macungy, t. Lehigh co. Pa. 
Pop. -2,802. 

Madansburg^ t. Perry co. Mo. 
where are extensive salt works. 
15 m. S. St. Genevieve. 

Madbury, t. Strafford co. NH. 
11 m. NW. Portsmouth. Pop. 559. 

Madison, p-t. Somerset eo. Me. 
on the Kenuebeck. 9 m. N. Nor- 
ridgewock. Pop. 881. 

Madison, co. NV. sq. ra. 616. 
Pop. in 1825, 35,646. Chief t 
Morrisville. 

Madison, p-t. Madison co. NY 
The village stands on Chenango 
liver, and contains about 50 hou- 
ses including a Congregational 
church. 7 m. E. Morrisville, 95 
W. Albany. Pop. 2420. 

Madison, t. Columbia co. Pa 
Pop. 1,330. 

Madison, co. Va. Pop. 8,490. 
Slaves 4,612. 

Madison, p-t. and cap. Madison 
<-o. Va. 45 m. from Fredericks- 
burg. 

Madison, t. Amherst co. Va. on 

James river, opposite Lynchburg. 

Madison, co. Ga. Pop. 3,735. 

Sra;v^s W4>. Chief t. DanrelsviUe, 



Madison, p-t. and cap. Morgim 
CO. Ga. 43 m. N. Milledgeville. 

Madison, co. Al. Pop. 17,481. 
Slaves 8622. Chief t. Huntsville. 

Madison, co. Ky. Pop. 15,954. 
Slaves 4154. Chief t. Richmond. 

Madison, co. O. Pop. 4799. 
Chief t. London. 

Madison, 18 towns, Ohio, viz. 

Butler CO. Pop. 1826.— Clark, 
916.— Columbiana, 1039.— Fair- 
field,616.— Fayette, 1220.-Frank- 
lin, 1097.— p-t. Geauga, 931.— t. 
Guernsey, 643. — p-t. Hamilton.— 
t. Highland, 1112. — Jackson, 515. 
Licking, 524.— Montgomery, 999. 
Muskingum, 588.— Perry, 836.— 
Pickawav, 871.— Richland, 552. 
—Scioto", 591. 

Madison, co. Indiana. 

Madison, p-t. cap. Madison Co. 
In. 

Madison, p-t. and cap. Jefferson 
CO. In. on the Ohio, 45 m. above 
the falls,75 below Cincinnati. Pop. 
in 1819, 1300. It has a bank, 
printing-office, and 2 churches, 
1 for Methodists, and 1 for Pres- 
byterians. It is the second town 
in size in the State. 

Madison, co. 111. Pop. in 1825, 
4557. Chief t. Edwardsville. . 

Madison, co. Mo. Pop. 2,047. 
Slaves 371. Chief t. Frederickton. 

Madison, r. one of the three 
forks of the Missouri. 

Madisonville, p-t. St. Tammany 
CO. La. on lake Ponchartrain, at 
the mouth of the Chefuncti, 27 
m. N. New Orleans. 

Madisonville, p-t. and cap. Hop- 
kins CO. Ky. 191 fr. Frankfort. 

Madrid, t. St. Lawrence co. 
NY. on the St. Lawrence, 60 m. 
below Kingston, 110 above Mon- 
treal. Pop. in 1825, 2602. 

Mad river, NH. falls into the 
Pemigewasset, at Campton. 

Mad river ^ O. rons into fhr: f>J 



siiie of the Miami at Dayton. 

Mad river, t. Champlain co. O 
Pop. 1345.— Clark co. 734. 

Mahantango, r. Pa. falls into 
the E. side of the Susquehannah, 
1?' m. below Sunbury. 

Mahantango, Lower, t. Schuyl 
kill CO. Pa. Pop. 937.— Upper, 863 

Mahoning, t. Columbia co. Pa. 
Pop. 1478.— Mercer, 1647.— Indi 
ana, 1106. 

Mahoning, r. rises in Ohio, and 
flowing into Pennsylvania, join 
the Shenango to ibrm Beaver 
nver. 

Mahony, t. Northumberland co. 
Pa. Pop. \(i39.— Lower M. 1,214. 
Idtile M. 447. 

Maiden creek. Pa. runs into the 
Schuylkill, 7 m. N. Reading. 

Maiden creek, t. Berks co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,192. 

Maidenhead, t. Hunterdon co. 
NJ. 6 m. NE. Trenton. Pop. 1086. 

Maidstone, t. Esse-x co. Vt. on 
Connecticut river, 53 m. NE. 
Montpelier. Pop. 166. 

Maine, one of the U. States, 
bounded NW. and N. by Lower 
Canada; E. by. New Brunsv/ick: 
S.by the Atlantic, and W. by New 
Hampshire. It lies between 43° 
5' and 48=^ N. lat. and between 
66° 49' and 70^55' W. Ion. and is 
estimated to contain 32,000 sq. 
miles, or 24,480,000 acres. Pop. 
297,335. The principal produc- 
tions are grass, Indian corn, 
wheat, burley, rye, and flax. A 
large portion of the State is yet 
covered with forests. Lumber is 
tlie great article of export. The 
other articles are fish, potash, 
beef, ancTpork. Maine is finely 
situated for commerce. It has 
an extensive sea-coast, abound- 
ing with fine harbours, and is in- 
tersected by numerous navigable 
fiver*, which open jfn ealsy com- 



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munication with the intenu'r. 
The value of exports for the yeav 
ending Sept. 30th, 1820, was 
^1,108,030. The value of manu- 
factures in 1810, was $3,741,116. 
Maine v/as admitted into the 
Union in 1820. 

Makejield, Lower, p-t. Buckg 
CO. Pa. i^p. 1204.— L'p/^er, 1367. 

Maiden, p-t. Middlesex co. Ms. 
cojinected with Charlostown by a 
t)ridge over Mystic river. 4 m. 
N.Boston. Pop. 1731. Here are 
extensive dye-houses, and a large 
nail factory. 

Malone, p-t. and cap. Frankliii 
GO. NY. The village stands on 
both sides of Salmon river, here 
crossed by a stone bridge, and 
contains a court-house, state 
arsenal, and printing-office, from 
which a newspaper is issued. 50 
WNW. Plattsburg, 57 ENE. Og- 
densburgh. Pop. 1130. 

Malta, t. Kennebec co. Me. 8 m- 
E. Augusta. Pop. 1054. 

Malta, t. Saratoga co. NY. 4 m. 
E. Ballstou-spa, 25 N. Albany- 
Pop. 1518. 

Malta, t. Morgan co. O. Pop.64. 

Mamakaiing, p-t. Sullivan co. 
NY. 23 m. fr. Newburg. Pop. 
2702. 

Mamaroneck, p-t. W. Chester 
CO. NY. on L. Island Sound, with a 
good harbour for vessels of lOO 
tons. Here is an extensive cot- 
ton factory. 23 m. x\E. New 
York. Pop. 878. 

Manalen, t. Adams co. Pa. Pop. 
1872. 

Manchac, t. La. on the E. bank 
of the Mississippi, 20 m. below 
Baton Rouge. 

Manchac Bayou. See Ibbcr- 
ville. 

Manchester, t. Hillsboro' co. 
NH. on the E, bank of the Merri- 
mack, at the Mnti'^k^a-s falls. 16 



31 A N 

juiles S. Concord, Pop. 761. 

Mnnchester^ p-t. and half shire, 
Bennington cd. Vt. lies in the 
valley extending along the west- 
ern side of the Green mountains, 
and here bordered by a parallel 
range in which is the Equinox or 
IMiinchester mountain, rising to 
the height of 370G feet above the 
level of the sea. The Battenkill 
flows through the valley and re- 
ceives several tributaries in the 
N. part of the town, on Avhich are 
erected 2 woollen factories, the 
largest with 215 spindles, produ- 
cing 50 yards of cloth per day ; a 
grist-mill, 2 tanneries, &,c. Here 
is the north village with a hand- 
some Episcopal church. The 
south village stands upon a hand- 
some hill on the west side of the 
valley, and contaijis a brick 
court-house, a jail, an academy, 
and Congregational church. The 
Green mountains are here crossed 
by a good turnpike rond. 22 m. IV. 
Bennington, 43 fr. Trov, 32 S. 
Ruthind. Pop. 1508. 

Manchester, p-t. Essex co. Ms. 
on the coast, 8 m. ENE. Salem, 
23 NE. Boston. Pop. 1,201. The 
inhabitants are extensively en- 
gaged in the fisheries. 

Manchester, p-t. Ontario co. 
NV. on the outlet of Canandaigua 
Inkc. Here arc the Ciil'ton sul- 
phur springs which are highly ef- 
ficacious in removing scrophulous 
affections. Good accommodations 
are provided for visiters. 8 m. NE. 
Canandaigua. 12 NW. Geneva. 
Pop. 2,000. 

Manchester. See J^iagara. 

Manchester, t. York co. Pa. 
Fop. 1949. Jft'.^Y, 1,073. 

Manchester, p-t. Baltimore co. 
Md. 33 m. from Baltimore, 45 
froni Carlisle. 

Manchester^ p-t. Chesterfield 



CO. Ya. on James river, oppo.site 
Richmond, with which it is con- 
nected by bridges. 

Manchester, p-t. Adams co. O. 
on the Ohio, 73 m. S. Chillict f.he/ 
t. Morgan co. i'op. 298. 

Mandan, Indian village, on Mis- 
souri nver, 1,600 miles from th« 
Mississippi. Lon. 100^ 50' W. 
Lat. 47"^ 20' N. Here Lewis and 
Clark encamped during the Avin- 
ter of 1804 — 5, on their voyage up 
the Missouri. This place has 
been selected by the government 
of the IJ. S. for a military post, 
and it is well situated to prevent 
tlie Hudson bay company from 

tending their trade toward the 
head waters of the INlissouri, and 
ilongthe Rocky mountains, with- 
in our territory; which tract of 
country is said to have fur of a 
better quality, and in greater 
djundance, than any other portion 
)fiVorth America. This post is 
only 150 miles S. of tiie establish- 
ment of the Hudson bay compa- 
ny, on Assiniboin river, and is 
connected with it by a good 
road. 

MitnhuttanviUr, v. on the Hud- 
son, 9 m. above New York city- 

Manhehn, p-t. lierkinier co. 
NY on the Mohawk, 14 m. E. Her- 
kimer. Pop. 1,777. 

Manheim, t. Schuvlkill co. Pa. 
Pop. 2,164. York CO. 1,306. p-t. 
Lancaster co. 11 m. from Lancas- 
ter, 77 W. Philadelphia. Pop. 
1,600. 

Manilou, r. Mo. runs into tho 
N. side of the Missouri below 
Franklin. 

Manitmiwank, r. Michigan Ter. 
rises near Lake Winnebago, and 
after a course of 60 or 70 mijes, 
ialls into Lake Michigan. 

Manlius, p-t. Onondaga jco. NY. 
dn the Erie canal, wuich here 



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crosses BiittfjiTiut, Limpstone, 
and Chitteningo creeks. TheKe 
streams supply numerous mills. 
"Within two miles of the vil- 
lage, are 4 grain mills, 5 saw- 
mills, 2 fulling-millf, 2 carding- 
machines, 2 nail-factories, an oil- 
mill, and a cotton and woollen fac- 
tory. The villago of Manliiie 
stands on Limestone creek, 5 m. 



S. of the canci, at the junction of Marblehead, p-t. Essex co. Ms. 

the MohdVv'k and Cherry valley 

turtipike?, and contains about 100 

dwelling-houses, 3 churches, 1 

each for Epiijcopalians, I'resby- 

terians, and Methodists, and a 



on the Yellowstone. L<)n. iO.6^ 
30' W. Lat. 4']^ N. 

Manyimk., t. Pa. on th<^ 
Schuylkill. 10 m. fr. Philadelphia, 
Pop. 2,000. 

Marameo. Sec Merrimack. 

Marathon^ p-t. Lawrence CO. 
Al. on the Tennessee, at the head 
of the MuKcle shoals, 45 W. 
HnntKville. 



printing-office. A mile S. of the 
village, the W. brancli of Lime- 
stone creek, has a perpendicular 
fall of 100 feet. Green pond lies 
■a few rods S. of the canal, and is 
remarkable for the deep green 
colour of its waters. 12 m. E. 
Onondaga. Pop. 5,372. 

Mannington^ t. Salem co, NJ. 
Pop. 1,732. 

Manor, t. Lancaster co. Pa. 
Pop. 2,642. 

Mansfield, t. Cliittendcn co. 
Vt. 20 m. K. Burlington. Pop. 60. 
Mansfield mountain, the highest 
of the Green Mountains, is 4,279 
feet above the level of the sea. 

Mansfield, p-t. Bristol co. Ms. 
12 N.Taunton. Pop. 1,222. 

Man;<field, p-t. Windham co.Ct. 
28 m. E. Hartford. Pop. 2,S93. 

Mansfield, p-t. Warren co. NJ. 
on the Musconetcunk, 7 m. SE. 
Oxford. Pop. 2,7.57. 

Mansjield, t. Burlington co. 
NJ. 8 W. Burlington. Pon. 1,957. 

Mansjield, p-t. cap. Richland 
CO. O. 73 NE. Columbus. Pop. 
203. 

Mantua, p-t. Portage co. O. on 
Cuyahoga river, 10 m. N. Raven- 
na. Pop. 541. 

Manv.d'^s fori, Missouri Ter. 



4 m. SE. Salem, 16 NE Boston. 
Lat. 42'^32'N. Lon. 70^ 50' W. 
It contains a bank, custom-house, 
and 5 houses of public worship, 
2 for Congregationalists, 1 for 
EpiKCopalians, 1 for Methodists, 
and 1 for Baptists. The harbour 
lies in front of the town, and ex- 
tends from SW.to NE. about ^ 
mile and a half in length, and is 
half a mile broad. It is conve- 
nient, and well defended by Port 
Sewall. The inhabitants of this 
town are more extensively en- 
gaged in the bank fisheries than 
any other in the U. S. Pop. 5630. 

Marblttown,\i-t. Ulster co. NV. 
10 m. SW. Kingston, i'op. 3809. 
The Rondout and Esopus creeks 
afford good mill-settts. Marbh; 
of a superior quality abounds 
here. 

Marcellvs, p-t. Onondaga tty. 
NV. on Skeneatelcs lake, 10 m. 
W. Onondaga. Pop. 6,503. 

Marcus hook, p-t. Delaware co. 
Pa. on the Delaware, 20 m. below 
Philadelphia. 

Marengo, co. Al. Pop. 2.93:?. 
Slaves 866. Chief t. White Blutf. 

Margallaway, r. rises in thr; 
highlands that separate Maine 
from Canada, and flowing S. into 
New Hampshire, receives the wa- 
ters of Uinbagog lake, and takes 
the name of Androscoggin. 

Margarctta,t. Huron co. Ohio, 
Pop. 192. 



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jlfargaretisvilley v. Washington NH. 5 m. SE. Keene, 58 fr. C6n- 



co. Md. 10 111.. S. EUzabethtown 

jllnriannc Islands^ 3 small isl- 
ands in Xj;ike Bofgiie, Mississippi. 

Marietta, bor. antl p-t. Lancas- 
ter CO. Fa. on the E. side of the 
Susqueh-innah, Vim. W. Lancas- 
ter. Pop. 1,545. 

Marietta^ p-t. and cap. Wash- 
ingtoij CO. Ohio, at the coniluence 
of Muskingum river with the 
Ohio. It stands on both sides of 
the Muski iguni, but principally 
on the E. side. The part of the 
town on the W. side is called 
Point Harmar. The town is re- 
gularly laid out, and contain.^ 
about 150 dwelliag-housos, a 
court-house, jail, bank, printi'ig- 
oilice, and 4 cluirches ; also 2 
cotton factories, a large steam 
tiour-mill, a brewery, several 
carding-niachines and ropewalks. 
Boat-building is here carried on 
to a •onsidcrable extent. Pop. 
2,036. 178 in. below Pittsburgh, 
93 E. Chillicothe, 109 ESE. Co- 
lumbus, 61 SE. Zanesville. Lon. 
81oi5'W. Lat. 390 2S'N. 

JSlarine sett/ement, Mvidison co. 
111. 12 m. E. Edwards ville. 

Marion, dis. SC. Pop. lf),201. 
Slaves 3463. Chief t. Gilpsboro'. 

Marion, p-t. and cap. Twiggs 
CO. Ca. Pop. 193. 35 SSE. Mil- 
ledge ville. 

Marion, co. Alabama. 

Marion, CO. Mi. Pop. 3,116. 
Slaves 1,232. Chief t. Ne\« Co- 
lumbia. 

Marion, co. Ten. Pop. 3,888. 
Slaves 167. Chief t. Jasper. 

JMnrion, co. Ohio. 

Marion, co. ind. Chief t. In- 
dianapolis. 

Marijri, co. III. Pop. 1825, 554. 

./^Curksviltc, p-t. cap. Avoiellcs 
< o. Louisiana. 

Afarlhorov^ft, p-t. ftheshfro CO. 



cord. Pop. 776. 

Marlborough, p-t. Windhaus 
CO. Vt. 24 m. E. Bennington, 44 
SW. Windsor. Pop. 1,296. 

Marlborough, p-t. Middlese\ 
CO. Ms. 16 m. E. Worcester, 2!' 
W. Boston. Pop. 1,952. 

Marlborough, p-t. Hartford co 
Ct. 17 SE. Hartibrd. Pop. 839. 

Marlborough, p-t. Ulster co. 
NV. on the Hudson, 23 m. below 
ICiiigston. Pop. 2,248. 

Marlborough, t. Montgomeiy 
CO. Pa. Pop. 839. East, t. Ches- 
ter CO. 993. West, 852. 

Marlborough Lower, p-v. Cal- 
vert CO. Md. on ths Patuxcnt ; 30' 
m. SW. Annapolis. Upper, p-t.. 
and cap. Prince, George co. onthC- 
Patuxent, 21 m. SW. Annapolis. 

Marlboro', dis. SC. Pop. 6425^ 
Slaves 3,033. Chief t. Bennetville. 

Marlborough, t. Delaware co.- 
Ohio. I'op. 300. 

Mur'ow, p-t. Cheshire co. NH. 
'^IS m. W. Concord. Pop. 597. 

Mar pie, t. Delaware co. Piu- 
Pon. 700. 

Marsh field, p-t. Washington co. 
Vt. 12E'. Montpelier. Pop. 710. 

Marshjield, p-t. Plymouth co. 
Ms. on the sea. coast, 15 m. N. 
Plymouth. Pop. 1,532. 

Marsh island, Me. in Penobscot 
river, 4 ni. above Bangor. 

Marshpee, t. Barnstable co. Ms. 
on the sea coa&t 13 m. SW. Barn- 
stable. Pop. 150. Here is the 
remnant of the Mavshpee Indians, 
320 in number, among wJiom a 
missionary is supported. 

Marshy hope, r. Md. the NW. 
branch of the Nanticoke. 

Marthasvdle, p t. Montgomery 
CO. Mo. on the Missouri, 40 m. W. 
St. Charles. 

Martha's Vineyard, isl. Ms. 
forming part of FHike's co. It lies 



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a little W. of Nantucket, between 'Population in 1820, 573. 
40» 17' and 41^^ 29' N. lat. end Jlfary/«nr/, p-t. Otsejro co. NY. 
betwcf-n 70^ 22' and 70° SCK W.^IS S. Cooperstoww. Top. 1,439, 
Ion. It is 21 miles long, and on, Jlfarw/artf^, one of the U. States, 
un average^, H broad, and contains|bofinded IS', by I'enn.sjlvania ; E. 
about 3,000 inhabitants. Cattlei by Delaware and the Atlantic ; S. 
and .sheep are raised here in irreat land W. by Virginia. Jt lies be- 
iiumbers, and grain in /sulfieientitween Ion. 15P IC and V.PW W. 
quantity for the siipptyof the in-iand between lat. 38° and 39° 44' 
habitants. Chief t. Edgartown. I iV. and contains 13,959 sq. miles, 

Martick, p-t. Lancaster co. Pa. [or 8,933,760 acres, of which one- 
Pop. 1,701. fiftli is water. Chesapeake bay 

Martin, co. NC. Pop. 6,320. [runs through the state from N. to 
Slaves 2,040. Ch'ft. William.ston.]S. dividing it into two parts. The 

Martin, co. Tnd. Po]). 1,032 part E. of the bay i« called the 
Chief t. Hmdostan. j eastern shore, and the part W. of 

Martinslmrg, p-t. and cap. the l)av, the western shore. Pop. 
Lewis CO. NY. Pop. L497. The 407,3f)b, of whom 260,264 are 
village stands on elevated ground, wliites, 107, 28U slaves, and 
and contains a court-house, jail,;. 39,748 i'ree blacks. The value 
and Presbyterian church; also of manufactures in 1810, was 
several milis on Roaring creek ^11,468,794. The principal ex- 
which here empties itself into|port.s ar.T flour and tobacco. The 
Black river, and has falls of 80' value of the exy.-orts for the year 
feet. 48 m. N. Vtica, 42 SE.je.nding Sept. 30th, 1820, was 
Sacket-s- Harbour. '$6,609,364, of which |(1 ,927,766 

Martinsburg, p-t. and cap. 'was foreign produce. Maryland 
Berkley co. Vg,. 8 m. S. of the is the third fctate in the Union in 
Potomac, 25 m. from Bath, 24iaraount of ship[ung. In 1815, the 
NE. Winchester. 80 NVf . Wash- [number of tons' was 1.56,062. 
ington. It contains a court-house,! Maryland Point, Md. formed 
jail, 2 churches, and about 80'by a bend in Potomac river, 12 m. 
dwelliug-houseE. |W. Port Tobacco. 

Martinsville, p-t. and cap. Hen-j Marysvilk, t. and cap. CTiar- 
ry CO. Va. 166 m. SW. Peters-jiotteco. Ya., 
burg. ■ I Jlfary«we7Ze, p-t. and cap. Blount 

JlfaWm5m7Z€, p-t. and cap. Guil-|co. Te. It is the site of the 
ford CO. NC. on the E. side of. Southern and Western Theologi- 
Buffalo creek, a branch of Haw[cal Sf;minary, under the care of 
ri^'cr, 48 m. NW. Hillsbor"bagh, the Synod e.r Tennessee. The 
27 E. Salem. Lon. 79° 4.i' W. number of students in 1825, was 
Lat. 36° 5' i\. In the neighbour- 35. Here is a bank. 15 m. S. 
hood of this town a battle was'KnoxviUe. 

fought 15th March, 1781, be-; Marysville, t. and cap. Union 
tween the Ameiicaas and the co. Ohio, on Mill creek, 15 m. 
British. , iSW. Delaware, 27 NW. Coium- 

MartinsviUe, p-t. cap. Morgan bus. 
co.jln. I Jl/a.^comy/)o?ic^, in Enfield N(f. 

Mcry KS-Tirii t. Licking co. Ohio. 14 miles long, dlseharges its yfZr 



.^\ A J3 ia4 U A T 

Uys into Connecticut rivor. longaged in the fisheries. TU& 
J/.i,vo/i, t. {iillsborongh CO. Nll.iprincipal exports are fish, beef. 



M;it(!red by youhegaii river. l[ore|liiinber, pork, 
a v« a large woollen factory, a cot-, vviiale oil, and 
ton iHctory containing 500 Bpin-jtures 



ardent spints, 

various mannlac- 

The value of exports isi 



dies, and IG power looms, and ailiJiO, was $11,008,922, of which 
starch manufactory, t!u^ prv)duct,f 7,147,487 was ;oreign produce. 



of which in 1820 was 3,000 lbs. of 
btarch. 15 m. fr. Amherst, 4J S 
Concord. Fop. 1,313. 

Miison, CO. Va. I'op. 4,360 



I JJasmichusctts bat/, between 

\Vi\[}c Anji on the N. and Cape 

Cod on the S. 

I'op. 4,ab!;. JU«t5.»(XA7m«;ay, r. In. unites with 

Slaves 593. Chief t. Ft. Fleagant.'liittle river at Fort Tecumseh to 

M(tson, CO. Ky. I'op. 13,588. jlbrm the Wabash. 



. Fop. rj,.5 
Slaves \i,i6Q. Chief t. Maysville 

t. Lawren 
Top. 289. 



Mason, t. Lawrence co. Ohic.:NY. on the St. Lawrence, oppo 
p. 289. |.iitG Cornwall, UC. 43 " 

Musonville, p-t. Delaware co. |donsbutjj;h. Fop. 944 



J\[iisscna, p-t. St. Lawrence CQ. 

>nO- 

Cornwall, UC. 43 m. NE. Og- 



NY. 24 m. W. Delhi, ? E. Uaiii 
hridsre. Fop. 719. 

Mitssabesick 7jo.11/, ai)oiit 6 m. 
long, chielly in Chester, Nil. 

Massachi::id(i\ one 01' the U. 
.States, bounded N. bj Vermoiit 
and Now Hampshire ; E. by tho 
Atlantic ; S. by Rhode Ulaud anu 
Connecti<;ul ; and W. bj Now 
York. It lies between 41° 23' 
and 43'^ ;V2' N. hit. and between 
G90 50' and 730 10' W. on. It 
contains 7,250 equare miles, or 
4,G44,000 acres. It is divided into 
14 connlies, and 290 towns. Fop. 
523,287. Boston is the capital. 

Massachus<>tts is the third state 
in the Union in amount of manu- 
iaeturea. The value in 1810, was 



^21,895,528. The principal arti-iits mouth 



.Masstrn, a hill on the S. side of 
tho /.vkansas, near Fort Smith. 
U s've» nanie to a creek. 

.'^7A''ei;'.v circk, O. joins the Lit- 
tle Miami, 4 m. above Xenia, 
Th:>r« a.-e <b.lls near its mouth. 

.M-ita:!za river, an iidet of tlie 
.•^c ■. outho E. coast of Florida, 20 
VA. S. iyt. Augustine. 

M*lildi'. v. Fairfax co. Va. on 
the i'otomac, near the Great fall. 

y.itmicus, IsJands, IMe. Lon, 
ceo io' v»-. Lat. U'^ 56' N. 

.^laii luck'i-. See jYaugaiuck, 

.rtf.iW('-'ony, r. Va. rises in Spot- 
sylvania CO. pad running SE. joins 
the Prununky v.t Delaware, to form 
York riv'jr. It admits loaded flats 
to Do'./ner'f bridge, 70 m. above 



cles are cotton goods, articles of 
leather, ardent spirits, cordage, 
wrougiit and cast iron, nads, 
woollen goods, ships, straw bon- 
nets, and hats. In amount of 
shipping, Massachusetts is tlie 
first state in the Union. In 1815, 
before Maine was separated, tho 
juimber of tons was 452,273, which 



Mutfanoc.n, or Fishkill, moun- 
tains, NY. n-ve usually regarded as 
a continuation of the Alleghany 
range. They extend across tho 
state from .\. Jersey and Fennsyl- 
vania, in a N£. direction, to tho 
Taghkannuc range in Massachu- 
setts, They are pierced by the 
Hudson where they are 16 milc;s 



was about one-third of tlie in breadth, and are called tliQ 
whole sliipping of the Unitedi Highlands. At this place too they 
>;f.atr.9^ No sTato is so extensively lattain their greatest hcigjitv 



!\i. A I ig;; 

^futlapoisclts, j)-v'. I'lyiuoutU co. 
Jily. Since IB'l.'S there have txicri 
ibuilt here W ships, 13 brigs, (j 
Bchooners, and 25 tdoops. In 
1825 tlierc were on th<j stocks, a 
(sliip, 6 brigs, and a siuop. Top. 
500. (i(> in. iV. Boston. 

J\t(dthews, CO. Va, Pop. 0,920. 
Slaves ;i,18H. 

Mauch ChvMk, p-v. Northainp- 
tOH CO. Pa. in the region of the 
iLehigh coal iia.':ies. In l<i25, up- 
wards of 150,000 bushels were 
t;ent to market from the mine at 
ihi.s place. 50 in. WSW, Kastou. 

Maumee^ or Miami of Ikt l,akv^ 
r. Ohio, IS formed by tlu; union ol 
ihe St. Joseph's and the St. Ma- 
ry's at Fort Wayne, find after a 
JVE. course of 120 miles, enters 
Maumee bay in lake Erie. It is 
iiavigaWe for ijoaty throughout its 
courae, with the exception of the 
shoals extending 15 mile-s ami ter- 
minating 18 miles from its mouth. 
Below the shoale is a valuable 
fishery. The bay sets up from 
the W. end of the lake into tlie 
territory of Michigan, about 15 
miles. At its eiitrance it is *] 
miles wide, and ha.s 9 feet water. 

The United Foreign Mission 
Society have u statiou among the 
Ottawa Indians on this river, in 



M A V 
i:; navignble 20 miles for vcissdn 
of 100 tons. 

M'lurire, t. ('umberland co. N.i. 
Pop. 2,411. 

Maury, co. To. I'op. 22,140. 
Slaves 6',420. C;liief t. Columbia. 

M'lvvaise Terre, r. ill. whicli 
joint; the Illinois, 80 m. from ity 
mouth. A prairie, called by this 
name, or Vfillow banks, lies on 



l)oth sid(!S of the 



^k, heverui 



feet above high water mark ; it 
has a fet tile soil, and is an eligible 
place for settlement. 

Mouatany, t. J Jerks co. Pa. 
i-op. 1,847. 

May Cape, iVJ. the N. cajie at, 
the entrance of Delaware bay. 
Lon, 74° 5G' W. Lat. 39= N. 

Mayuco, large lake, l<'lorida, 
Haid to be 75 miles in cireumfe- 
rerice, and to be the source; of the 
river St. John's. Streams flow 
from it both K. and W. into the 
sea. 

Mayjield^ p-t. Montgomery co. 
.\Y. 8 m. NE. Johnstown. Pop. 
2,025. 

Mayfidd, t. Cuyahoga co. Ohio. 
Pop. 159. 

Mayhew, station of the .Ameri- 
can Board of Foreign Missions 
among the Choctaws, established 
in 1820. It is on the borders of 



1825, the number of pupils in the an extensive prairie on t)ie S. bide 



school was 54, the land cleared 
about 50 acres. 

Maumee, p-v. and cap. Wood 
CO. Ohio, at the head of slooj) na- 
vigation on the Maumee. Pon. 
about 300. 70 m. fr. Detroit. 

MaurepaSflakv., La. is connect- 
ed by the Ibberville with the Mis- 
sissippi, and communicates by an 
outlet of 7 miles, with lake Pon- 
chartrain. It is 10 miles long and 
7 broad, and has 12 feet water. 

Maurice, r. NJ. runs into Dela- 
ware bay in ^Jimibcrknd co. and 
P. 



of Ook-tib-be-ha creek, 12 m. 
above its junction with the Tom- 
bigbee, about 100 m. E. Elliot. 
Tiie number of the Mission fami- 
ly in 1822 was 15. The property 
of all kinds, lands, stock, and 
buildings, was|9,y05. Lon. 88° 
15 W. Lat. 33° 2(y N. 

M(iynti»horo' t. Cooe co. NH. 

May. -iv die, p-t. and cap. of Ma- 
son CO. Ky. on the Ohio, &') m. 
al)ove (/incinnati, 63 NE. Lexing- 
ton, 74 from (!hillieothe. it con- 
tains about 4!W houses, a gtrr-^'^' 
> 



iiicioTy aiid printing-office. It is 
ijle principal port of the N£. part 
of the state, as Louisville is of the 
SVV. The town stands on a nar- 
row strip of land, confined by 
liilla, which rise abruptly to the 
height of 450 feet. 

Mnynille, p-v. and cap. Cha- 
tauqiie co. NY. on the W. side of 
Chatauque lake. Boats of 20 
tons deseend from this place to 
rittsburjjh. 8 m. from Portland 
on lake £rie, 40 from Warren, Pa 
75 SW. BulFalo. 

Mead^ t. Belmont co. Ohio, 
Pop. 1,072. 

Meadmlle, p-t. and cap. Craw- 
ford CO. Pa. on the E. side ol 
French creek, opposite themouth 
of the Cusawago. The bank of 
the creek here rises gradually 
from the water and forms the site 
cPthe village, commanding a view 
tif the valley for several miles 
»l?ove and below. The ground is 
divided bystreets and lanes, cross- 
ing each other at right angles, an 
open square of 5 acres being left 
iu the centre. The village con- 
tains about 150 dwelling-houses, 
a court-house, jail, state arsenal, 
pviiiting-oflice, academy, and 
Presbyterian church. 

Alleghany college was founded 
here in 1815. It has a very valu- 
able library of about SOOOvolumes. 
The funds of the institution 
are yet small, but have been re- 
cently increased by a grant of 
.$5000 from the Legislature. In 
1824 the officers were a presi- 
dent, a professor, and a tutor; 
the number of students was 22. 
Bentley Hall, the college edifice, 
stands on a hill, half a mile from 
tiie village ; it is built of brick, is 
120 feet long by 44 in width, and 
,)ia8 accommodations for 100 stu- 
tfoirts, b&si(l)P9 rodms P>p fhe li 



M L iJ 
brary, die. 25 m. NW. Prani^j 
40 .S. Erie, 84 N. Pittsburgh, 23B 
WNW. Harrisburgh. Lon. 80» 
5 W. Lat. 4P 36' N. Pop. in 
1824, 900 ; whole town in 182!>, 
1311. 

Meadville, p-t. cap. Franklin co^ 
Mi. 

Mechanic, v. Dutchess co. NY. 
15 m. N. Poughkeepsie. Here is 
a Friends' boarding-school. The 
building is 3 stories high, and ac- 
commodates 100 students. 

JilechanicviUe, p-v. Saratoga co. 
NY. on the canal, which here has 
a ranch leading to Hudson ri- 

r, 8 m. N. Waterford, 10 SE. 
Ballston-epa. 

Mechanics, t. Coshocton co. O, 
Pop. 353. 

Mechanicsburgh, p-v. Cumber- 
land CO. Pa. 8 m. W. Harrisburgh. 

Mechanicsburgh, p-t. Cham- 
paign CO. O. lira. E. Urbanna. 

M^cklenburgh^ co. Va. Pop. 
19,786. Slaves 11,402. Chief t, 
Boydton. 

Meeklenburgh, co. NC. Pop. 
16,8.59. Slaves 5171. Chief t. 
Charlotte. 

Medfwld, p-t. Norfolk co. ]\Is. 
9 m. SW. Dedham, 17 SW. Bos* 
ton. Pop. 892. 

Medford, p-t. Middlesex C4>. 
Ms. on Mystic river, 4 m. N. Bos- 
ton. Pop. 1,474. Here are se- 
veral distilleries, and brick-yarda. 

Medina, co. O. Pop. 3,082. 

Medina, p-t. and cap. Medina 
CO. O. on Rocky river, 26 m. SW. 
Cleveland, 114 NE. Columbus. 
Pop. 320. 

Medrosta, lake, Me. Lon, 68^ 
22 W. Lat. 470 56' N. It is the 
source of Spey river, a branch 
of the St. John. 

Medway, p-t. Norfolk co. I^Is. 
15 m. SW. Dedham, 20 SW. 



l^^ 



.iu; 



U t K 



Ijur weaving lace veils. 

Mcherrin, r. rises ii V 
ranniug into N. Carolina, unites 
with the Nottaway, 7 m. below 
the ILne, to form the Chowan ri- 
ver. 

Meigs, CO. O. Pop. 4480. 

Meigs, t. Adams co. O. Pop. 
2,001.— Muskingum co. 284 



I Mendon, p-t. Worcester co. 'Ms^ 
and!l9 m."'S._ Worcester, 32 SW. Bos- 
ton. Pop. 2,2.>4. It is watered by 
Charles river, and other streams, 
and hasj a cotton factory, forge, 
and numerous mills. 

,Mendon, p-t. Monroe co. NY. 

15 in. S. Rochester. F*op. 2,012. 

Menominie, r. Michioan Ter. 



Meigs creek, O. runs into thejruns into Green bay, CO m. NE. 
Muskingum, 20 m. above Marietta.! Fort: tloward. It admits vessels 



Meigsville, p-t. Morgan co. O. 
iJO m. fr. Marietta. Pop. 211.— t, 
Meigs CO. 



Meletetunk, r. NJ. communi- numb 



drawing G or 7 feet water, and 
canoes ascend 60 leagues. The 
Menominie Indians about 4,000 in 



cates through Beaverdam bny, 
with the Atlantic, at Cranberry 
inlet. Lat. 40° 5' N. 

Mellville, t. Cumberland co.NJ. 
Pop. 1032. 

Memphis, p-t. and cap. Shelby 



principally on the 



hanks of this river. 

Mentor, p-t. Geauga co. O. ori 
Lake Erie, W. of Painesville. Pop, 
452. 

Meniz, t. Cayuga co. NY. on 
the Erie canal, 8 m.*NW. Auburn. 



CO. Te. on the Mississippi, nearjPop. 3,010. 



the SW. corner of the state. 299 
m. W. Murfreesboro'. 

Memphremagog, Lake, on the 
N. boundary of Vt. 30 liiiles long, 



Mercer, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 
11 Vv. Norridgewock. Pop. 743. 
Mercer, co. Pa. Pop. 11,G81. 
Mercer, p-t. and cap. Mercer co. 



It discharges its waters through Pa. 70 m. NW. Pittsburg. Pop. 
St. Francis river into the St. Law-b06. — t. Butler co. Pop. G41. 



Mercer, co. 



rence. Oil stones are found here 

of as good quality as those import-iSlaves 3,825 

ed from Turkev. The discoveryjburg. 

was made in 1818. The vein lies 

on a small island on the W. side 

of the lake, 2 m. N. of the Canada 



Ky. Pop. 15,587. 
Chief t. Ilarrods^ 



Mercer, co. O. Pop. 95. 

Mercer, co. Illinois. 
Mercershurg, p-t. Franklin ^cc>. 



line. The stone is transported to;Pd. IG m. SW. Chambersburj 
Burke, Vt. where it is manufac-'168 W. Philadelphia. 



tared, to the amount of from 2 to 
4 tons annually. 

Menan, Little, isl. Me. with a 
light-house, 2 SSE. Goldeboro' 



Meredith, p-t. Strafford co. NH. 
on Lake Winnipiseogee, 29 m. N. 
Concord. Pop. 2,416. It con- 
tains 4 churches, a nail factory. 



Mendham, p-t. Morris co. NJ.iand 2 distilleries. The village of 
on the height of land between jMeredith-bridge is partly in this 
Passaic and Raritan rivers. It'town and partly in Gilford. It 
contains an academy, Presbyteri-jStands on both sides of Winnipi- 
an church, also a woollen factory iseogee outlet, 6 in. from the lake, 
^yith 160 spindles, a cotton facto-iand contains about 40 houses, a 
ry, and several mills. 7 m. W. 'large congregational church; a 
Morristown, S5 frqm Sew York. 'court-house, the lower storv of 



iPfsr*-VP^. 



'hi<;h is occupied as an acadelmy ■: 



..\1 E J;l ititJ 

)x bank ; also a paper mill, wool 
)ea lartory, and an extensive cot- 
loji factory. 

JUcrcJit'/i^p-t. Delaware CO. NV 
<m the height of laud between 
Delaware and Susquehaunah ri 
vers. tJ m. N. Delhi, 66 W. Cats- 
kiJl. Pop. 1375. 

Mcriden, p-t. New HaTcn co. 
Ct. 17 m. N. New Haven, 17 S. 
Hartford. Fop. 1309. It con- 
tains 3 churches, 1 ibr Congrega- 
tionalists, 1 forEpiscopaliana,and 
1 for Kaptiflts. Here are several 
man u factories:! of tin ware. 

Meridianvilk^ p-t. Madison co 
Al. m. N. Huntsville. 

Merion, Lower ^i. Montgpmery 
CO. Pa. Pop. 2,256. — Up})cr. Pop 

1:35. 

McnnoitaUy Mcxicctna, or Men- 
fail, r. La. which, after a soi:therly 
course of 200 nulea, tails into the 
jrulfofMe.Kico, 200 m. W. of the 
Mississippi 

Mcroiii, p-t. and cap. Sullivan 
CO. In. on the E. side of the Wa- 
bash, 35 m. above Vincennes. Its 
isitaation is elevated, cornmandiag 
a view of the prairie country for 
■Jhiriy miles. 

JUcrrinwck, r. NH. formed by 
tlie union of the Ptiiuigewassct 
and the Wuinipiscogee. The 
Pemigewasset rises in the AVhite 
mountains, and runnincr S. about 
rO miles, receives the Wiunipise- 
ogeei after which, the united 
i5trcani continues a southerly 
course, and passes into Massachu- 
setts, A'here, turninjf io the NE. 



tended as high up us Coucuj'd 
The Ibllowing are the principal 
improvejnents -.—Buio cajial, a- 



ronnd the falls a few miled belo^v 
Cojicord, was constructed in 1812., 
at an expense of §'20,000. Si.v 
miles further down is Houkset ea 
nal, which cost ^15,000. Tlu' 
fail at this place is 17 feet- Eight., 
miles below Hookset is Amoskeag 
canal which cost $50,000. It ia 
the greatest work of the kind oa^ 
the river. The fall here is 4S 
feet. On leaving Amoskeag ca-- 
nal, you enter upon a section of 
the river 9 miles in extent, con-, 
verted by law into the Union ca-- 
ual, coniurehendiiig in that space 
si.\ distinct falls, all of vvnich are 
made passable. Descendingi^five 
miles further, you come to Croni' 
wcWs falls, which are made passa- 
ble by a canal. The cost of the 
Union canal, including Crom- 
\veirs, was about $50,000. Fif-. 
teen miles below Cromwell's 
falls, are Wicasce falls and canal 
in Middlesex co. Ms. The canal 
cost ^14,060. Three miles below 
Wicasee canal is the entrance in- 
to the Middlesex canal. 

M<;rriviack, t. llillsborougli co. 
NH. 6 m. E. Amherst, 30 froni 
Concord. Pop. 1162. 

Merrimack^or Marameg, r. Mo. 
whicJi rises near the sources of 
the Gasconade, and after a NE. 
course of 250 miles, enters the 
Mississippi, 18 m. below St. Louis. 
It is navigable only 50 miles, ex- 
cept in high tioods, when most of 



it runs 50 miles, and falls into the jits tributaries may be ascended in 



ocean below Newburyport. It is i boats 



navigable to Haverhill. The Mid 
dlcsex canal connects this river 
with Boston harbour, and by 
means of various improvements 
around the rapids and falls of the 
river, the naviiration is now cx- 



JMtrrymecting bay, Me. formed 
by the junction of the Kennebec 
and Androscoggin rivers, 20 ra. 
irom the sea. 

Merrymceting hay, l*f H. the SE- 
nrm of Take Winnipisfrp^cc- 



M' 1 A 109 AI t C 

Mesopotamia, o-t. Trumbull co. p-t. Hamiltor o. on the W, haul 
O. 16 NW.- Warren. Po].. 273. of llie Miami, i'-' m. NW. Cinciu- 

Meta, r. Ark. falls into the N. nati, 1426.— Logan 3.59. 
side of Arkansas river, above the Miamis, huJijns, about 10<K) in 
post of Arkansas. number, on the head waters of th', 

Mdul, t. I'raiiklin co. Pa. Pop. Wabash and Maumee rivers. 
1294. Miamishurgh, t. ?4ontgomery 

JUdawamkeag, r. Me. joins the co. O. on the Miami. 6 N. Frank- 
Penobscot on the K. 3() m. above lin, 12 S. Dayton, 
the mouth of the Fa.sadunkeag. i Mi,ami University, i^^tf^ Oxford. 

Methuen, p-t. Essex co. M.s. on Michigan^ a great lake, lying 
the N. sid of the Merrimack, wholly wiliiin the U. .Statee, 260 
opposite Andover, with which it miles long, 55 broad, and 800 in 
is connected by a bridge. On circumference, containing, ac- 
Spicket creek i.<3 a romantic fall of cording to Hutchinfj, 10,. 168 ,<'KK) 
30 feet, at v/hich is a cotton fac- acres, or 16,2W isq. miles. On 
tory. 9 m. fr. Haverhill, 22 r»<W. the NE. it communicates with 
Salem, 25 i\. Boston. I'op. 1371 llake Huron, tlirough the etraits 

Jkfeaico, Gu//" o/', wa)ih:;8 the .S.jof Michillim^ickinac, and on the 
coast of Louiclaria, Mississippi, L\W. it branches out into 'two 
Alabama,aii(l the W. coast of Flo- jbays, Noquet's and Green bay. 



rida 



Phe lake i3 navigable for ships of 



JWezzco, p-t.Ox ford CO. Me. Pop. any burden, and ha.s (ish of vari- 
148. ous kinds, particularly trout, of 

Mexico, p-t. Oswego CO. NY. |a large size and excellent quality, 
on a bay in lake Ontario. Thejand sturgeon. Lon. 84^ Sf/ to 87'-- 
villaf e of Mexico point ntands on | W. Lat. 41'-' 3.5' to 45^ 50' N. 
the snore of the lake at the rriouth! Michigan, a territory of the 
of Salmon cr'^ek. 13 m. E. Os-jU. States, lying on both sides of 
wego, 60 fr. Kingston, UC. Lon.AIichjgan lake, and bounded N. 
770 2' W. Lat. 43« 31' N. Pop.'bj lake Superior, F. by lakes Hu- 
1590. ' '■ 

Miami, a rapid r. 



iron, St. Clair, and Erie, S. by 
Ohio, after ajOliio and Indiana, and W. by the 
course of 100 miles, enters thelNW. Territory. On the W. the 
Ohio near the SVV. corner of the'boundafy line begins at the south- 
etate. It is navigable 75 miles. 'em extremity of lake Michigan, 
There ie a portage of only 5 milesland runs due N. to lake Superior. 
between its head waters and the! It extends from 41'^ 31' .38" to 46'"- 



Auglaize, a river of lake Erie. 
Miami, r. See Maunice. 



139' N. lat. and from 82^ to 86^^ W. 

jlon. It is 350 miles long from N. 
Miami, Little, O. joins Oiiio ri-;to S. and 212 broad^on the south- 
ver, 7 m. above Cincinnati. ln|ern boundary, containing about 
Greene county it has remarkable 40,fX>0 square miles 



falls. It is one of the best mill 
Ktrearos in the state. 

Miarai, co. O. Pop. 8,851. 
Chief t. Troy. 

Miami, Ohio, t. Champaign co. 



fhe country along the eastern 
;-!hore of lake Michigan, and ex- 
tending into the interior as far as 
the dividing rulge, consists of 
sand hills, eometime« crowned 



ricrmorjt, 1^67. — Oreen 55*). — .with a few st'nt'jd trees^ an 



^10 1 

sCinty vegetation, but gonerally 
bare, and thrown by the wind into 
;i tlioiiaand fantastic shapes. The 
whole of this tract has been gaiu- 
r,d from the lake, and the land is 
still continually encroaching up- 
on the water ; every stonn throw- 
ing up new quantities of alluvion. 
The eastern part of the ]teninsuL'i 
is a fertile retrioa, well fitted for 
wheat and fruit of ail kinds, gene- 
rally level, and watered by fine 
3'i\'ers. Since the lands wer« of- 
fered for sale by the U. S. go- 
vernment in 1818, emigrants have 
flocked hither in great numbers. 
Michigan is finely situated for 
commerce, being almost sur- 
rounded by navigable viraters, 
now coniiccted by a canal, with 
the Hudson, on the one hand, and 
which th« Ohio oanal will soon 
connect with the MisBissippi on 
the other. Slumping in 1819 a- 
bout HOOtons. Pop. in 1829^ G&d6. 
Chief town, Detroit. 

Midullimackinnc, co. Pop. ai9. 

JUichillimackinrt c , c om' no n 1 \ 
called Mackhww, p-t. and cap. of 
the above count?, Michigan T«r. 
on an island of the same nauia in 
the straits which connect lake 
Micliigan with lake Huron, 184 m. 
NE. Fort Howard, 313 N. Uctroit. 
Lon. 840 10' W. Lat. 46° 54' N. 
The island is about 9 miles in cir- 
cumference. Tlje village of 
Mackinaw is on the SE. side of 
the island, on a small cove, which 
is surrounded with a steep clitf, 
150 feet high. On the top ol' the 
cliff ytands'the fort. Behind the 
fort, at the distance of half a mile, 
is another summit, 150 feet high- 
«r, and 300 feet above the level ol' 
the lake, on which Fort Holinej; 
is erected ; from this spot there i.^ 
.•m extensive prospect both into 
jfike. HiTran and Jake Michisran. 



M I B 

The figure of the island suggest- 
ed to the Indians the appropriate 
name of Michi-Mackinaw, or 
Great Turtle. The village con- 
tains a court-house and jail, and 
about 100 houses. It is a station 
of the United F'oreign Mission 
Society ; the school contains up- 
wards of 100 pupils. During 
the summer, this i&land is the re- 
sort of many fur traders, and of 
many thousand Indians, from the 
regions N VV. and SW. 

Michillhnackinac ^Straits of, the 
channel which connects lake Mi- 
chigan with lake Huron. It ^s a.- 
bout 40 miles long from the Chan- 
ueaux on the E. to Point Wagou- 
siuche ©n the W. and at the uai"- 
ruwest part 4 miles wide. 

Michiscoui. See Mif^sisqiie. 

Middlehorovgh, p-t. l^lymouth 
CO. Mt. 16 )Q. W. Plymouth, ?4 S. 
by E. Boston. Pop." 4,687. Here 
are ponds which produce great 
quantities of iron ore, and exten- 
sive iron works are erected. 

JUldilMjurgh, p-t. Schoharie co. 
.^V. W m. S. Schoharie, 35 W. 
Albany. Pop. 3,782. 

Middlsbur^h, t. Cuyahoga co. 
O. Pop. 157. 

Middlebury, p-t. and cap. Ad- 
lison CO. Vt. at the falls of Otter 
er.iek, 19 miles from its mouth. 
The village stands on both sides 
of the creek ivhich is here crossed 
by a bridge at the head of the fiills. 
It contains the Codege edifices, a 
court-house, jail, stat^ arsena\, 
printing-clf.ce, academy, and 3 
churches, 1 for Methodists, 1 for 
Congregationali.^ts, and 1 for 
Episcopalians. Middlebury is the 
first town in the state in the ex- 
tent of its manufactures. In 1802 
marble of a superior quality v/as 
discovered here by Ebenczer W. 
J add, FjJ. f^. It forms the bod oV 



M j[ K) 

the ci'eek, and is also the basis on 
which the soil rests for several 
miles on each side. It is of a fine 
textare and susceptible of a high 
polish ; some of it is not inferior 
to the Irish Gallowav marble. The 



ill U i ]0 

Middlehury, p-tl Genesee c6. 
NY. Pop. 1782. 15 m. S. Batavia. 

Middk'hvry^ p-t. Hampshire co. 
Ms. 24 m. W. Ncrtliampton, lH) 
from Boston. Pop. loo. 

Middlefie/d, p-t.Odwego co. NY 



building for its manufacture is ca-;3 ni. E. ('ooperstown, 35 SE. Uti- 



pabieof containing 60 saws, an'i 
usually drives from 35 to 40. The 
marble is chiefly sawn into slabs 
for tomb-stones and fire-places, 
and transported to New York and 



ca, 63 W. Albany. iVp. 2579. 

Middlesex, p-t. Washington co. 
Vt. on Onion river, 5 ra. NW. 
Montpelier. Pop. 726. 

Middlesex, co. Ms. Pop. 61,472. 



Boston, to the amount of .$'4000 to Chif-f t's, Cambridge and Concord 
^•8fK)0 annually. Here are also 3j Middlesex crma^, Ms. is wholly 
cotton factories, one with 600jwithin the county of Middlese.v, 
spindles and 8 power-looms ; an-|and connects Boston harbour v/ith 
other in a building 150 ft in length, :Merriinack river. It is .supplied 
^ stories in height m the rear and | with water by Concord river,which 
3 in front, containing 4800 spln-iit crosses on its surface. From 
«iles and 68 looms ; and a third, {that river southward it descends 
■still larger, not yet completed ;|107 feet, by 13 locks, to the tide 
3 flouring mills, 3 saw mills, a pa-l water of 
pcr-mili, oil-mill, and furnace. ifrorn that 

Middlebury college v/as incor-Iscends 21 feet, by 3 locks, to the 
porated in 1800, and has been sup-ilevel of Merri.mack river. The 
ported entirely by private bounty, {locks are all 90 feet by 12. The 
There are 2 college edifices, one|canal is 31 miles long, 24 feet 
of stone, 4 stories high, containingjwide, ajid 4 feet deep. It WdH 
48 rooms for students, the othcricommenced in 1793, and com- 
ofwood, containing besides stu-!{>l*^«l in 1804, at an expense of 
dents' rooms, a chajjel, a library more than |700,000, and until 



Boston harbour : and 
river northward, it de- 



of about l.SOO'volumes, and a valu 
able philosophical apparatus. 
The medical school at Castleton 
is connected with the college. 
The officers are a president, 2 
protessors, and a tutor. The num- 
ber of students in 1825, was 199, 
of whom 101 were medical stu- 
dent?, 2 resident and 96 under- 
graduates. 11 rn.SE. Vergennes. 
32 N. by W. Rutland, 33 .S. Bur- 
lington, 31 SW. Montpelier. Lon. 
730 10' 15" W. Lat. 43° 49' 51" N. 
Pop. 2535, of whom 1576 are in 
the village. 

Middlehury, p-t. New Haven eo. 
Ct. 22 m. NW. New Haven, 36 
SW. Hartford. Pop. 838. 



the era of the New York canals, 
was the greatest work of the kind 
in the V. States. By means of 
this canal and Merrimack river, 
an easy communication is opened 
between Boston iind the interior 
of New Hampshire. 

Middlesex, co. Ct. Pop. 22,40';. 
Chief t. Middletown. 

Middlesex, p-t. Yates co. NY. 
on Canandaigua lake, 9 NW. 
Penn Yan, 17 SW. Geneva. Pof) 
2,718. 

Middlesex, co. l^J. Pop'. 21,470. 
Chief t. New Brunswick. 

Middlesex, t. Butler co. Pa. Pop. 
1010. 

Midilleskt. CO. Va. On Cfiesii- 



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m 



M 1 5> 



pcake bay. Pop. 4,057. Slaves 
2,1 GG. Chief t. Urbanna. 

Middle States, the part of the 
U. S. between the Hudson and 
Totomac rivers \ viz. the states of 
NY., NJ., Pa., Del., and Md. 

Middleton, p-t. Strafibrd co.NH. 
43 NE. Concord. Pop. 482. 

Middleton,, t. Essex co. Ms. 9 
NW.Salem,28 fr. Boston. Pop .596 

Middleton^t. Cumberland co.Pa. 
Pop. 3,014. 

Middleton, t. Columbiana co. O. 
20 m. W. Zanesvilie Pop. 1168. 

Middleiown, p-t. Rutland co. 
Tt. 41 m. N. Bennington. Pop. 
1039. 

Middleiown, t. Nevv-port co. RI. 
2. m. NE. Newport, 28 SE.. Provi- 
dence. Pop. 949. 

Middletoum, city, port of entry, 
and cap. of Middlesex co. Ct. is 
pleasantly situated on theW. bank 



from 25 to 30 hands, and produeffS 
1,000 or 1,200 rifles in a year ; an 
ivory comb factory, a pewter fac'« 
tory, and a factory of block-tin 
buttons. These have all been 
established since 1813, and most 
of the swords, pistols, and rifles 
have been sold to the government 
of the U. S. The other establish" 
ments are 2 woollen factories, 2 
cotton factories, a paper-mill, 
powder-mill, and distillery. 

Middletoivn, p-t. Delaware co. 
NY. 20 m. SE. Delhi, 45 W. 
Kingston. Pop. 1,949. 

Middlefown, p-v. Orange co^ 
NY. 23 m. W. Newburgh. 

Middletoum., p-v. Saratoga Cxy^- 
NY. 3 m. NW. Waterford. 

Middletown, p-t. Monmouth co^ 
NJ. on Raritan bay, at the mouth, 
of a small creek, which divides 
the town from Shrewsbury, 50 m. 



of Connecticut river, 31 m. from IE. Trenton, 30 SW. New York, 



its mouth, 15 S. Hartford, 25 NE. 
New Haven, 35 NW. New Lon- 
don. Pop. 2,618 ; and including 
the township, 6,479. It contains 
a court-house, jail, alms-house, 
bank, 2 insurance companies, 3 
printiiig-oflices, and 10 churches, 
4 for Congregationalists, 3 for 
Baptists, 1 for Episcopalians, 
1 for Methodists, and 1 for Strict 



Pop. 4,369. It contains an acade- 
my, and 2 churches. 

Middletown, p-t. Dauphin Co. 
Pa. on Swetara creek, which falls 
into the Susquehannah 2 m. be- 
low ; 6 m. S. Hummelston. It 
contains a church, and above IQO 
houses, and has considerable trade 
in wheat. Pop. 567. 
I Middletmvn, v. Washington to. 

congregationalists. It is the seat j Pa. 30 m. W. Washington. Coal 

of the American literary, scien- is found in its neighbourhood. 

tillc, and military academy, under 

the superintendence of Capt. Ai- 

den Partridjje, which was estab- 



lished in 1820 at Norwich, Vt. and 
recently removed to this place. 
There are several important ma- 
nufactories in this town, most of 
them recently established. Among 
them are a sword-factory, where 
about 5,000 swords are annually 
manufactured; a pistol factory, 
which employs 60 or 70 men, who 
TT.ake 8 or 10,000 pistols annual- 
!\ : ;i riflo fart' iry, which employ.s| 



Middletoicn, t. Bucks co. Pa. 
op. 1,891. Delaware co. 994. 
Susquehannah CO. 547. 

Middletown, p-t. New Castle 
CO Del. on Apoquinimink creek, 
21 m. SW. Wilmington. 

Middletovm, p-t. Frederick co. 
Md. 8 m. NW. FredericktOAvn. 
t. Dorchester co. 8 m. NW. Cam- 
bridge, 7 W. Vienna. 

Middletown, p-t. Jefferson co. 
Ky. 12 m. E. Louisville. Pop. 241 . ^ 
Here is an academv. 

Middretntm, p-t: "Butler co. O. 



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JSJil 



qiith^ Biiami, 6 m. fr. Franklin, jCt. on Loner Island sonnd^ if m- 
i4 above Hamilton. Pop. 314. SW. New iHaven. Pop. 2,78.'-. 

Middletawn point, p-v. Mon-iThe village contains about 100 
jnouth CO. NJ. on a small creeklhouses, and 3 churches. The 
which runs into Raritan bay, 14jharbour has sufficient depth of 
III. NW. Shrewsbury. It carrieslwater for vessels of 200 tons, 
on some trade with New York. I The amount of shipping owned 

Midway, ycttlement, Liberty|here is about 1,500 tons. In this 
CO. Ga. 30 m. S. Savannah, 9 W.jtown is a very valuable quarry of 
Sunbury. Its first settlers werelmarble 



from Dorchester, Ms. Here is 
hajidsome Congregational church. 

Mifflin, CO. "Pa. Pop. 16,618. 
Chief t. Lewistown. 

Mifflin, t. Alleghany co. Pa. 
Pop. 2,221. Cumberland, 1,461 



Milford, p-t. Otsego co. NY. 10 
m. S. Cooperstown, 76 W. Alba- 
ny. Pop. 2,505. 

Milford, p-t. and cap. Pike co. 
Pa. on the Delaware, 120 miles 
above Philadelphia. The river 



Dauphin, 1,195. p-t. Columbia, I here forms "a good harbour for 



1,492. A Coppermine has been 
discovered here. t. Lycoming, 
1,038. 

Mifflin, t. Richland co. O. Pop. 
467. Franklin, 241. Pike, 669. 

Mifflinburg, p-v. Union co. Pa. 
on the Susquehannah, 35 m. ESE. 
Northumberland. Pop. 620. 

Mifflin, Fort, Pa. 10 m. below 
Philadelphia, on an island in the 
Delaware. 

Mifflintown, p-t. Mifflin co. Pa. 
on the Juniatta, 40 m. NW. Har- 
risburg. 

Milan, p-t. Dutchess co. NY. 
Pop. 1,797. 22 ra. NE. Pough- 
keepsie. 

Miles^ t. Centre co. Pa. Pop 
1,188. 

Milesbvrg, t. Centre co. Pa. on 
Bald Eagle creek, 33 m. NW 
Lewistown. 

Milford, p-t. Hillsboro' co. NH 
The village stands on both sides 



boats. 

Milford, t. B\icks co. Pa. Pop. 
1,195. t. Mifflin co. on the Juni- 
atta, opposite Mifflintown. Pop, 
1,154. Somerset CO. 1,394. Up- 
per, Lehigh co. 2,416. 

Milford, p-t. Kent co. Del. ou 
the N. side of Mispillion creek, 
which falls into Delaware bay, 12 
miles below ; 19 m. S. by E. Dg- 
ver, 95 S. PJiiladelphia. 

Milford, Ohio. t. Butler co. 10 
nuNW. Hamilton. Pop, 1,501. 
p-t. and cap. Union co. p-t. 
Clermont co. on the Little Miami, 
12 m. above its mouth, 15 NW. 
Williamsburg. 

Millbury, p-t. Worcester co. 
Mass. 6 m. S. Worcester, 40 
WSW. Boston. Pop. 935. It is 
watered by Blackstone river, 
which afi'ords numerous mill- 
seats. Here are a paper-mill, two 
oil-mills, a manufactory of black 



of .Souhegan nver, and contains 2ilead, a woollen manufactory, au 
churches ; and a eotton factory extensive tannery, a gun manu- 
with 844 spindles. 33 ra. S. Con- factory which employs 40 or 50 



cord. Pop. 1,243, 



workmen, an extensive forge, a 



Milford, p-t. Worcester co. manufactory of mill-saws, a roll- 
Mass. 18 m. SE. Worcester. Pop. ing and shtting-mill, a nail manu- 
1,160. factory, and several scythe mcmr 

Milford. p-t. New Havea co. facteries. 



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Millcreeky hundred, New Castle 
(O. Del. Fop. 3,046. 

MM crceky t. Erie co. Pa. Pop 
1,017. 

Mill creek, t. Coshocton co. O, 
Pop. 448. Hamilton co. 2,198, 
Union co. 195. 

Milledgeville, p-t. Baldwin co. 
Geo. and capital oC the state, if 
on the Oconee, 300 miles by wa- 
ter from the sea, 192 by land, 158 
WNW. Savannah, 87 VVSW. Au 
frusta. Lat. 32o 56' N. Lon. 83' 
12' W. Pop 2,069. It contains 
a state-house, an arsenal, acade 
iny, court-house, jail, state peni 
tentiary, 2 printing-oftices, and 2 
churches, 1 for Baptists, and 1 
Methodists. The river is ' navi- 
gable to this place for boats oi 
bO tons. 

Miller^ t. Knox co. O. Pop. 413. 

Miller^ CO. Arkansas Ter. Pop. 
099. Slaves 82. 

Millersburg, t. Dauphin co. Pu. 
Pop. 346. 

Millersburg, p-t. Bourbon co. 
Ky. 8 m. N. Paris, 28 N. Lexing- 
ton. 

Millcrsburgh, p-t. cap. llolmet- 
CO. Ohio. 

Millers river, r. Ms. rises in a 
pond in Rindge, NH. and after a 
SW. course of 35 miles, enters 
Connecticut river at Northfield. 
A few miles from its mouth it iias 
falls, where the whole descent is 
fc>2 feet, and that at the principal 
fall 14 leet. 

Millirstoivn, p-t. Cumberland 
CO. Pa. on the Juniatta, 134 m. 
W. Philadelphia. 

Millersville, p-t. Lehigh co. Pa. 
on a branch of Lehigh river, 2G 
m. SVV. Eaeton, 47 NW. Phila- 
delphia. 

Mill river, Ohio, runs into the 
yv. side of the Sci-ito, 25 m. above 
Columbus. 



4 il I L 

Millsfield, i. Coos co. KH. lofi 
in. from Concord. 

Millstone, p-v. Somerset Co. 
NJ. 38 m. fr. Trenton. 

Millville, p-t. Cumberland C0( 
NJ. 12 m. E. Bridgetown. Pop. 
1,010. 

Millville, p-t. Butler co. 0. 7 
m. W. Hamilton. 

Milo, t. Vates co. NY. Pop. 
in 1825, 3,277. 16 m. S. Geneva. 

Milton, p-t. Strafford co. NH. 
on the Piscataqua, 27 m. N. Ports- 
mouth, 46 from Concord. Pop* 
1,232. 

Milton, p-t. Chittenden co. Vt. 
on lake Champlain, at the mouth 
ofLamoil river. The river here 
has falls of 150 feet in the course 
of about 50 rods, at which are 
erected a woollen factory, paper- 
mill, several Baw- mills, &c. 12 
m. N. Burlington. Pop. 1,716. 

Milton, p-t. Norfolk co. Ms. on 
Neponset river, which is naviga- 
ble to this place for vessels of 
150 tons. 7 m. E. Dedham, 7 S. 
Boston. Pop. 1,502. It contains 
an academy, several paper-mills, 
and a chocolate-mill. From Mil- 
ton hill there is a delightful pros- 
pect. 

Milton, t, Saratoga co. NY. 2iO 
N. Albany. Pop. 2,779. 

Milton, p-v. Orange co. NY. 12 
N. Newburgli.lt contains ti'^Sfet^^*^' 
dist church, and is a pW;a i^KiKnc 

Milton, p-t. Northumberland co. 
Pa. on the W. branch of the Sus- 
quehannah, 15 m. N. Sunburv. 
Pop. 1,016. 

Milton, or Broadkill, p-t. Sussex 
CO. Del. 

Milton, p-v. Albemarle co. Va. 
on the Rivanna, 80 m. NW. Rich- 
mond. 

Milton^ Ohio, t. Jackson CO. 
Pop. 434. |i.t. Miami, t. Rich- 



M 1 .s vr, A'ji i .v 

i^nj, j44- p-t. Trumbull, 672. large arm of lake Champlain co* 
t. Wayne, 208. verinij an area of about 35 gquar*; 

MihiMiukte, r. Michiaan Ter. miles, 
roiis into the W. side oflaJke Mi-' Mississipj^c, r. U. S. rises in lat. 
chigan, 90 m. .WV. Chicago. It 47^ 47 >'. and Ion. i)o'^ 6' W. 
is 60 vards wide at its mouth, and amidrt h.kes and Hwarrips dreary 
is a6cende<t KX) miles in caiioee, and damlate beyond dcBcription, 
whence there is a short portage and after a SK. course of a^iout 
to Rock river of the .Mississippi. /AX) miles, reaches the falls of -St. 

Minde-n, p-t. Montgomery co. .Anthony, in lat. 44^ N. where it 
NY. on the -Mohawk, 15 m. W.'descfend',s perpendicularly 4^) feet, 
Johnstown. Pop. 1,9.54. IFrom these falls to the junction 

Mine av. Burton, fiee Potosi. ;ofthe Missouri in lat. 38^ 27' N, 

Miruh^'xd, t. Essex co. Vt. on the distance is 843 mile;?, and 
Connecticut river, 60 m. NE. 'from the junction of the .Mi«sou- 
Montpelier. Fop. 132. ri to its rnouth in the gulf of Mex- 

Mine, or La Mine, r. .Mo. flowsico, is 1,395 miles, making the 
ijitothe -S. side of the MiBsouri, 6 y hole length of the river nearly 
in. above Franklin. !3,00fJ miles. It is navigable for 

Minerra, X. Essex co. NY. Pop. boats of 4f) *on? to the falls of St. 
271. 30 m. SW. EUiabethtown. Anthonv. .Ships seldom aacend 

Minijnnk, p-t. Orang-^ co. .NY. abfjve Natchez. The navigation 
10 m. VV. Goshen, 25 VV. New- of the river is attended with dan- 
burg. Pop. 5,0.53. A severe bat- ger on account of sawyers, plant- 
tie was fought here with the In-^ers, falling banks, and other difH- 
dians, --'uly 1669. iculties. Saix^yers are large trees, 

Jilinisink, t. Sussex co. NJ. on wbosi? roots aie fastens^ to the 
the Ddaf.'are, S m. below Men- bottom of the rives', while the top 
tagae, 57 .N\V. Bnanswick. (just apj>e»r8 at the level of the 

.VtVwf, p-t. Cumberland CO. Me., W8t«r. The tr-je is conti.""!'.-'!' ;• 
on the Androscoggin, 33 Ba. N.Torced doirnrrard by the cj."' .' 
Portland. Pop. 2,o24. iwhich w still not fStiong (^n. j j . 

MispilUon, t. Kent co. Del.!to tear it out, and suffers it o<M;'i>- 
Fop. 5,731 . gionally to recoil, so that a regular 

Mississa^ategon, t. NW. Ter. vibratory motion is kept up, '■'.■ hi '-.•-; 
formed of tw^i branches, which wperformed once inten or fiv;, 
meet in Spirit lake. The united minutes : and if a boatbe pf-^-i- :: 
ptream pursuing a southerly over it at the time it 13 recoiling, 
course joins the .>ibas.sippi, 14 m. the destruction of the boat is ine- 
above St. Anthony's falls. vitable. When the top of thetre*^? 

Mci-nsrfM, pronounced Mi-eis- does not quite reach the surfaci 
ko, r. and bay, Vt. The river of t.he water, it i« ca!!ef3 ■?. S^ee;>/r<.g- 
rises in Kelly vale, and flowing at -Satrycr, and tl)= '.tht:>~ 

first -NE. into Canada, turn-stoi-he gerouB, for it seen. 

SW. and a^n enters Vermont PtanUrs, are *..• - ; .mih- 

v.here it falL into the bay after a sit'xation, but firmly fixed, havin.? 
course of 75 mjles. It is naviga- no motion. Falling hcmks ar< 
ble to Swanton falls 8 miles, for parts of the banlt, so undennine<i 
^-e^j'WtgefnO tm??. The bay fs a by the cnrrent, that piec*^. nV 



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them, frequently more than an 
acre in extent are falling into the 
stream. Boats are often destroy- 
ed by them. The current is very 
rapid, but the introduction of 
steam-boats has greatly facili- 
tated the ascent of the river, and 
the voyage is now performed in 
less than one-third of the time 
formerly demanded. Just belovir 
the mouth of Red river, com- 
mences what is called the Delta 
of the Mississippi. The river 
here, instead of receiving the tri- 
bute of inferior streams, divides 
into numerous branches or bay- 
ous, which, diverging from each 
other, slowly wind their way to 
the sea. 

Mississippi, one of the U. S. 
bounded N. by Tennessee ; E. by 
Alabama -, S. by the gulf of Mex- 
ico and Louisiana ; W. by Lou- 
isana and the Arkansas territory. 



U 1 f> 
Falls, the coui-se of the river is 
northerly ; thence to the Mandan 
villages easterly ; and from the 
Mandan villages to the junction 
with the Mississippi in km. 90° ((' 
40" W. and lat. 38° 51' 39" N., it 
runs first S. and afterwards SE. 
The whole length from the high- 
est navigable point of Jefferson's 
river, to the confluence with the 
Mississippi, is 3,096 miles, and to 
the gulf of Mexico, 4,491. Du- 
ring this whole distance there is 
no cataract or considerable imped- 
iment to the navigation, except at 
the Great Falls, which are 2,575 
miles from the Mississippi. At 
these falls, the river descends in 
the distance of 18 miles, 362 feet. 
The first great pitch in ascending 
the river, is 98 feet ; the second 
19 ; the third, 47 ; and the 4th 
26. The width of the river is 
here about 350 yards, and from 



It extends from lat. 30^ 10' to 3.5<5j every description, the cataracts 



N. and from Ion. 83^ 10' to 91^ 36 
W. and contains about 45,000 sq. 
miles, or 29,000,000 acres. About 
one half the territory of this state 
is in the possession of the Chick- 
asaw and Ciioctaw Indians. The 
part of the state belonging to the 
whites is in the S. and SW. Pop. 
75,448. Slaves 32,814. Missis- 
sippi was admitted into the Union 
in 1817. Natchez is much the 
largest town, but Monticello is 
the seat of government. 

Mississippi, U Phillips co. Ark. 
Pop. 45. — Arkansas co. 82. 



N. America, is formed by three 
branches, Jefferson, Madison, and 
Gallatin, all of which rise in the 



are next to those of Niagara, the 
graadest in the world. 

About 100 miles above the falls, 
is the place ealled the Gates of 
the Rocky naountains. The rocks 
here rise perpendicularly ftrom 
the water's edge, to the height of 
nearly 1,200 feet, through a dis- 
tance of more than five miles, and 
the river is compressed to the 
width of 150 yards. Nothing can 
be imagined more gloomy than 
the passage through this dark 
chasm. 

MlssouiH,oaQ of the U.S. bound- 



~ Missouri, the largest river ofled E. by Illinois, Kentucky, and" 



Tennessee ; S. by Arkansas i er- 
ritory ; W. and N. by Missouri 
Territory. It extends from 36° to 



Rocky Mountains, between 42°jabout 40O30'N. lat. and from 89^ 
and 48° N. lat. and unite at one to about 94° 10' W. Ion. and con- 
place, ill lat. 45° 10' N. and Ion. tains about 60,000 square miles. 
110° W. From the confluence! Pop. in 1824, 80,677, of whom 
of thesB streainr? to the Great 13,330 were sl^ve^. 



M 1 i5 irr M u B 

Jjiie Missouri lead mines are |be pronounced an exteuaivo 
probably the most extensive on region of open plains and 
tne globe. The lead ore is com- 'meadows, almost destitute of 
puted to commence at La motte wood, except in the neighbour- 
mine in St. Genevieve county, liood of streams. The buffalo go 
whence it extends N. to Dubu- here in immense herds. The ex- 
que's mines on the W. side of the pedition under Maj. Long saw, as 
Mississippi, and probably across they judged, not less than 10,000 
the river, averaging in breadth 25 in one drove, 
miles from E. to W. Most ofj Missouri, t. Clarke co. Arkan- 
the mines at present wrought, are sas. Pop. 182. Hempstead co. 
in Washington CO. Missouri. They Pop. 358. 

occupy a district betv/een 37° and Missouriton, t. Ray co. Mo. on 
380 N. lat. and between 89'^ and the N. side of the Missouri. 
92^ W. Ion. extending from the I Mobile, r. Al. is formed by the 
Iioad waters of St. Francis river union of the Alabama and Tom- 
in aNW. direction, to the Merri-'bigbee, 40 m. above Mobile. Af- 
vnack, a distance of 70 miles in ter a course of 3 miles it divides 
length, and about 45 miles injand enters Mobile bay in several 
breadth. They cover an area ofjchannels. The main western 
more than 3,000 square miles, channel is called the Mobile; 
The ore is of the riehest and the main eastern channel, the 
purest kind. Th© processes of deepest and widest, is called the 
working the mines have hitherto Tensaw. 

been very imperfect, yet by ai Mobile, bay, at the mouth of 
statement from the Ordnance de-jthe Mobile I'iver, 30 miles long, 
pirtment, it appears that in 1825, and on an average 12 broad, 
the probable product of the mines communicates with the gulf of 
includingthe Dubuque mines, was Mexico by two straits, one oa 
between 3 and 4,000,000 pounds, each side of Dauphin island. The 
which yield a rent to the U. States strait on the W. side v/ill not ad- 
of 10 per cent, The number of mit the passage of vessels dravvini; 
mines now worked is about 45. 'more than five feet water; that on 

Missouri was admitted into the the E. side, between the isiantl 
Union in 1321. St. Louis is by I and Mobile point, has 18 feet of 
far the largest town. Jefferson! water, and the channel passes 
city is the seat of government. iwithia a few yards of the point. 

Missouri, a territory of the U.jThere is a bar however across the 
S. bounded N. by the British do-!bay, near its upper end, over 
minions; E. by the IV W. Ter. which is only 11 feet water. 
Illinois, and Missouri; S. by Ar- Mobile, co. Al. Pop. 2,672. 
kansas Ter. ; SW. by the Span i^^h Slaves 836. 

dominions; and W. by the BocKyi Mobile, -p-t. ^ort of entry, and 
IMountains. It is a vast wilder- cap. of Mobile co. Al. is on the 
ness, occupied, with the excep-|N. channel of Mobile river, near 
tion of a few military posts, by its entrance into Mobile'bay. It 
Indians. It is estimated to contain is built on a high bank, in a dry 
800,000 sq. miles. Taking the and commanding situation. Ves- 
wholo country together, it may'sels drawmg more than S feefc 
Q 2 



U o II 1 

w.iler, pass up Spanish river, G 
miles long, into Mobile river, and 
then drop down to the town. 
Since the rapid progress of the 
fcietdcmants on the Torabigbee 
and Alabama, Mobile has in- 
creased in size and importance.! Hudson by several mouths be- 



^8 iVi © iN 

Mohawk, r. NY. the only largo 
tributary of the Hudson, rises 20 
ru. N. of Rome, and running S. of 
E. passes by Rome, Utica, and 
Schenectady, and after a course 
of about 135 miles, falls into the 



Six years ago, there was only one 
steam-boat on the Mobile and its 
branches. Now there are built, 
or building, twenty. These bring 



tween Troy and Waterford. The 
navigation is interrupted by nu- 
merous rapids and falls, the prin- 
cioal of which are the Cahoos 



the produce of an extensive an<} and Little Falls. At Rome there 
flourishing country to Mobile, and! is a canal, a mile and a half long, 
carry back a large amount of fo- connecting the Mohawk with 
roign goods in return. During! Wood creek, and opening a cora- 
the year ending Sept. 30, 1 825,1 munication through this creek, 
thene were exported from this Oneida lake, and Oswego river 
port, 58,283 bale.s of cotton, [into lake Ontario. The Erie ca- 



1,275, 503 feet of lumber and 
357,884 staves. In 1824, Mo- 
bile contained more than 5000 in- 
liabitants, and the number in 1825 
was estimated at between 6 and 
7,000. Here are a bank, 2 print- 
ing-offices, from each of which a 
nev/spaper is issued, one semi- 
weekly, and the other weekly ; a 
brick theatre ; an elegant mason- 
ic hall; a spacious court-house, 
lor the accommodation of the U. 
S. courts ; and 2 churches, 1 for 
Protestants, and 1 for Catholics ; 
2 other churches 1 for Presbyte- 
i-ians, and one for Methodists, are 
al)out to be erected. The comi- 



nal passes along the S. bank of 
the Mohawk from Rome to Sche- 
nectady, below which it twice 
cros.ses the river by aqueducts. 

Mohe<ran, v. Ct. on the W. bank 
of the Thames, 4 m. S. Norwich. 
Here are the remains of the Mo- 
hegan Indians, numbering about 
300 souls. 

Mohiccan, t. Wayne co. Ohio, 
n m. W. VVooster. Pop. 632. 

Mohiccan, r. Ohio, runs into 
Whitewoman's creek, 18 m. above 
Coshocton. 

Moine. See Dss moines. 

Monadnock, lofty mt. in the SW. 
corner of NH. between JafFrey 



trv from one to five miles in the and Dublin. Its heiffht is 3,450 



rear of the city is healthy at all 
seasons of the year, and affords a 
retreat for the inhabitants, when 
the city is visited by the diseases 
of the warm season. 33 m. N. 
Mobile point, 15 WNW. Blakeiy, 
50 WNW. Pensacola, 40 bv water 
below Fort Stoddert. Lat. 30° 
40' N. 

Mohaney Lmuer, t. Northumb'd 
CO. Pa. Pop. 1040. C/>/>cr, 1,426. 

Mohaiok, r. NH. joins Connccti- 
■r'lrt river, in Co]ebr»»ok-. 



feet above the level of the sea. 

Monaghan, t. York co. Pa. Pop. 
1,158. 

Moncdlin, t. . Favette co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,376. 

Monkinn, p-t. Addison co. Vt. 
18 m. S. Burlington. Pop. 1,152. 
Porcelain clay is found here. 

Monmouth, p-t. Kennebeck co. 
Me. 17 m. W. Augusta. Pop. 
1,596. Here is an academy. 

Monmouih, co. NJ. Pop. 25,038. 
iChieft. Freehold. 



^'./onocasy, r. Md. joins the Po-' Slaves 156. Chief t. Tclli 



tomac, 50 m. above Georgetov/n. 
Monongakela, r. rises at th*^ 



Plains. 

Monroe, p-t. and cap 



foot of the Laurel mountains, inlco. Tf 

"V'a. and after acourse of 300 miles,! Monroe, co. Ky. Pop. 4.950. 

unites withthe Alleghany it Pitts-jSlaves 498. 

burgh, Pa. to form Ohio river. At* Monroe, co. Ohio. Pop. 4,64IL 

its mouth it is nearly 4fK) yards IChieft. WooAsfield. 



wide, and crossed by a bridge.} 
It is navigaJdc for large boat.s 60{ 
miles to Brownsville, wheric-! 

! 



Monroe, 13 towns, Ohio, viz, 
Adams co. Pop. 783. .Ashta- 
bula, 384. p-t. Butler. p-t. 
there is a turnpike, 72 miles lor^.'Clark. t. Guernsey, 444 High- 



and 
211 



to Cumberland, on the Potom 
Small boats proceed to Tygurt 
valley, 200 miles from the month {839. 
of the river. 

Monongalia, co. Va. Pop. of 
E. part 3,517. .<^iaves290. Poo 



Licking, 591. .Mat 



Muskingum, 377. Miami, 

Pickaway, 653; Preble, 

303. Richland; 389. 

Monroe, co. Ind. Pop. 2,67r^. 

Monroe, co. 111. Pop. in 1835, 



of W. part 5,543. .Slaves 85.; 1,702. Chief t. Harri3o;>vilIe. 
Chief t. Morgaatown. j Monroe, t. Pike co. lU. on the 

Monroe, p-t. Hancock co. Me.jfirst high ground above the junc- 
Pop. 630. *tion of the Illinoig with the Mjs- 

M-^ro^,, t. Berkshire CO. .Ms. siasippi, 28 m. above St. Louis, 10 

Mfynyoe. ^^eMunroe,SY. from St. Charles. 

Monroe, co. NY. Sq. rn. 600.' . M^rnroe, t. Lincoln co. Mo. 19 
Pop. 26,529. Chief t. R/jchester. 

Monroe, co. Va. Pop. 6,620. 
Slaves 501. Chief t. Uniontown 



Monroe, p-t. cap. Walton co. 
Ga- 

Monroe, co. A!. Pop. 8,833. 
Slaves 3,794. Cnieft. Burnt corn. 

JHonroe, co. ML Pop. 2,721. 
Slaves 522. 

Monroe, Mi. a ntation of th«= 



m. NW. .St. Charle.'?. 

Monroe, co/ Michi^n. Pop. 
; 1 ,331 . Chief t. Frenchtown. 

Jiemroe, p-t. and cap. Moaroc 
CO. Michigan, on the river K?.mt:. 
'It is well situated for trade. Her^ 
' is a printing-office, from which a 
weekly nevvKpaper is is.^ued. 35 
ra. .S. Detroit. 
Monroe, t. Hempstead co. Ar- 



Synodicai misfsionary society of.S. kansas. Pop. .564. 

GaroLaa and Georgia among the Monson, p-t, Haraoden co. M<». 

Chickasaws. It is situated on the, 17 m. E. .Springfield, 72 WSW. 
Boston. Pop. 2,126. Itcoetains 
a hand.^ome village, 2 cotton fit<;- 

rivers, u-var the .Natchez road. 30 tories, and a woollen factory ; ? 

m. W. Cotton Gin port, 106 .SW. churches,! forCongregationalists, 

Florence. It was comm-^ncyd i!i and 1 for Baptists, and an sxadc- 

March 1823, and in 1824 the mv. MoRson academv was in- 



dividing rid/e between the wa 
ters of th-i Tombi^bee and Yazo* 



number of papils in the schoo 
was -56. 

Monroe, p-t. cap- Waciuta co.;fishiQg l^etitotion. 
of students in 1824 



ta 
V Monroe, c» 



corporated about 20 yt'drn since, 

and is a well endowed a.id f.ou- 

The nuBiber 

>'3£ 95, al-A.»tit 



Te. Pop. 2,520. half of whom were purstriog 



tiUMcal studies. A philosophi- 
i^al apparatus has been lately iin- 
nort«a from Europe, and lec- 
V ures are delivered on natural phi- 
iosophy and other branches of 
science. A large boarding-house 
Is connected with the academy. 

Montague^ p-t. Franklin co. 
Ms. on the E. side of Connecti- 
rui river, opposite Greenfield, 
with which is is connected by a 
bridge. 18 m. N. Northampton, 
87 W. Boston. Pop. 1,074. 

Montague^ p-t. Sussex co. NJ. 
on the Delaware. Pop. 964. 

Jdontauk Fointythe E. extremi- 
ly of Long Island, NY. with a 
llght-liouae. Lon. 72° W. • Lat. 
41*4' N. The Montauk Indians 
I'eside here, now reduced to about 
100 souls. 

Jjdcmtezvma^ p-v. Cayuga co. 
5IY. on the canal, where it enters 
the E. side of Seneca river. 11 m. 
NW, Auburn, 96 W. Utica. On 
the N. bank of the oanal, near this 

f>lace, is a hollow button-wood 
ree, 48 feet in circumference, in 
\yhich an audience •f 36 men, in- 
cluding th« preacher, once assem- 
bled and heard a sermon. 

J^fontgomery, p-t. Franklin co. 
Vt. 39 NE. Burlington. Pop. 

Montgomery, t. Hampden co. 
Ms. 10 m. WNW. Springfield, 100 
W. Boston. Pop. 604. 

Montgomery, co. NY. Sq. m 
1,Q00. Pop. 37,569. Chief t 
Johnstown. 

Montgomery, p-t. Ora»ge co. 
iJIY. The village of Montgomery, 
or Wardsbridge, stands on the 
\Vallkill, and contains 2 churches 
and a flourishing academy. Near 
this village in a morass, was 
found the skeleton of the mam 
•/uoth which is now deposited in 
Pr3)e'sjn)7seiim, Philadelphia. 12 



CO. Va. Pop. 
1,255. Chief t. 

CO. NC. Pop. 
1,815. Chief t. 



ra. W. Newburgh, 12 N. GosiU-j- 
Pep. 5,541. 

Montgomery, t. Somerset CP- 
NJ. Pop. 2,495. 

Montgomery, co. Pa. Pop. 
35,793. Chief t. Novristown. 

Montgomery, p-t. Montgomery 
CO. Pa. 17 m. N. , Philadelphia'. 
Pop. 751. Franklin, 3,390. 

Montgomery, co. Md. Pop. 
16,400. Slaves 5,396. Chief t. 
Rockville. 

Montgomery, 
8,733. Slaves 
Christiansburg. 

Montgomery, 
B,693. Slaves 
Henderson. 

Montgomery, co. Ga. Pop. 
1,869. Slaves 703. Chief t. Ver- 
non. 

Montgomery, co. Al. Pop. 
6,604. Slaves 2,655. 

Montgomery, p-t. cap. Montgo- 
mery CO. Al. on the Alabama. It 
has communication by steam- 
boats with Mobile, 500 miles be- 
low. 

Montgomery, co. Te. Pop. 
12,219. Slaves 4,663. Chief t. 
Clarksville. 

Montgomery, co. Ky. Pop. 
9,587. ^Slaves 2,054. Chief t.. 
Mount Sterling. 

Montgomery, co. Ohio. Pop. 
15,999. Cliieft. Dayton. 

Montgomery, t. Franklin co. O. 
Pop. 1,631. p-t. Hamilton CO. 14 
m. NE. Cincinnati, t. Richland 
CO. Pop. 704. 

Montgomery, co. Indiana. 

Monts:omcry, co. 111. Pop. in 
1825,1,000. Chief t. Hamilton. 

Montgomery, co. Mo. " Pop. 
3,074. Slaves 52G. Chief t. 
Lewistown. 

Monticello, p-v. and cap. Sulli- 
van CO. NY. is a handsome village 
in Thompson, with a court -honi?o 



M i\ 
tnd jail. 38 W. Newbargh, 23 E. 
Coshocton on the Delaware. 

Monticello, the seat of the Hon. 
Thomas Jefferson, the third I'res- 
ident of the U. .States, in Albe 
marie co. Va. 2 m. SE. Charlottes 
ville. Lon. 78'^ 48' W. Lat. 38° 
8'N. 

Monticello, p-t. cap. Fairfield 
CO .SC. 

Moniicello, p-t. and cap. Jasper 
CO. Ga. 32 m. NVV. MiUedgeville. 
Here is an academy. 

Monticello, p-t. Lawrence co. 
Mi. and capital ofthe State, is in an 
elevated and healthy situation, on 
Pearl river, 90 m. E. Natchez. 
Lon 90° W. Lat. 3P33'N. 

Monticello, p-t. and cap. Wayne 
CO. Ky. contains about .50 houses, 
a court-house, and a church. Lead 
is found in the neighbourhood. 

Montpelier, p-t. cap. Washing- 
ton CO. Vt. and seat of govern- 
ment of the State, on the N. side 
of Onion river, at the confluence 
of two of its head waters. The 
river is here bordered by rude, 
unsightly hills, which scarce al- 
low room for the village. Its cen- 
tral situation in the State makes 
Montpelier a great thoroughfare, 
the travel going through it in all 
directions. The village contains 
a state-house, court-house, jail, 
bank, masonic hall, printing-of- 
fice, from which a weekly news- 
paper is issued •, a flourishinor 



181 ]\J © © 

dent of the U. States, in Oraog'e 
CO. Va. 20 m. NE. Monticello. 

Montreal, r. NW. Ter. flowB in- 
to Lake Superior, 63 m. W. On- 
tanagon. Near its mouth it has 
considerable falls. 

Montrose, p-t. cap. Susquehan- 
nah CO. Pa. 1.55 fr. Harrisburgh. 

Montville, p-t. Lincoln co. iVIe-. 
30 NE. Wiscasset. Pop. 1,266. 

Montville, p-t. New London co. 
Ct. on the W. bank ofthe Thames, 
7 m. fr. its mouth, 35 fr. Hartford. 
Pop. 1,951. 

Moodus. See Salmon r. Ct. 

Mooers, p-t. Clinton co. NY. 23 
m. NW. Pittsburgh. Pop. 567. 

Moon, t. Alleghany co. Pa. Pop. 
2,01 4. -—Beaver co. 826. 

Moore, t. Northampton co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,645. 

Moore, co. NC. Pop. 7,128. 
Slaves 1,296. Chief t. Alfords. 

Miior-eland, t. Montgomery co. 
Pa. Pop. 1,692. 

Mooresfield, or Moorestoivn, p-t, 
Burlington co. NJ. 13 m. E. Phi- 
ladelphia. 

Moorjield, t. Clarke co. Ohio. 
Pop. 783. 

Moorjidds, p-t. and cap. Hardy 
CO. Va. on the S. branch of the 
Potomac, 25 m. SSW. Romney, 
180 NW. Richmond. 

Moose, isl, Me. See Eastport. 

Moose, r. NH. joins the Andros- 
coggin, in Durand. 

Moose, r. NY. runs into the E. 



academy with about 60 students ; side of Black river, at the High 



a Congregational church 
several mills and manufacturing 
establishments. Pop. about 900 ; 
ofthe whole town, 2,308. 36 m. 
,SE. Burlington, 120SEjMontrea!, 
140 NW. Boston. 524 fr. Wash- 
ington. Lon. 7P 33' W. Lat. 
44° 16' N. 

Montpelier, the seat ofthe Hon 



JamT!= Madison, the fonrth Presi-lMayheAv 



falls in Turin. 

Moosehead, lake, Me. 60 miles 
long, the source of the E. branch 
of Kennebeck river. 

MoosehiUock, mt. NH. in Cov- 
entry, 4,636 feet above the sea. 

Mooshootatubhee, a station of 
the American Board of Missions^,. 
among the Chectaws. 26 m. SE/ 



JfjQos^Pi r. joins the Quaiebaug 
it^ iPlainfield, Ct. 

' Jfforeau, p-t. Saratoga co, NY. 
on the W. side of the Hudson, 21 
pi. NE. Ballston-Spa, 50 N. Aiba- 
jiy. Pop. 1,549. 

jfforeland, t. Philadelphia co. 
Pa. Pop. 443. — Montgomery co. 
J, 890.— Lycoming co. 1,276. 

Moretovr/iy p-t. Washington co. 
Vt. on Onion river, 8 m. W. Mont- 
pelier. Pop. 598. 

Jfforgan, t. Orleans co. Vt. 52 
m. NE. Montpelier. Pop. 116. 

Morgan^ t. Greene co. Pa. Pop 
1,622. 

Morgan, co. Al. Pop. 5,263. 
Slaves 858. Chief t. Somervillc 

Morgan^ co, Ta. Pop. 2,500. 
Slaves 98. Chief t. Bath. 

Morgan, co. Ga. Pop. 13,520. 
Slaves 6,045, Chief t. Madison. 

Morgan^ao. Te. Pop. 1,676. 
Slaves 46, 

Morgan, CD. O. Pop. 5,297. 
Chief t. MaeConnelsviUe. 

Morgan, 5 towns, Ohio, viz. p-t. 
Ashtabula CO. Pop. 305.— t. But- 
ler l,546.^G*llia. 163.— .Knox, 
1,087.— Morgan, 333. 

Morgan, co. Indiana. 

jftorgan, co. 111. Pop. 1825,4,064. 

Morganfield, p-t. and cap. Un- 
5)n CO. Ky. 

Morganiown, p-t. and cap. Mo 
jiongalia co. Va. on the Monon 

rela, 30 m. fr. Brownsville, 76 
Cumberland. It contains 
court-house, jail, and 60 or 70 
houses. 

Morgantown, p-v. Burke co. 
C. on the Catabaw, 45 m. from 
Wilkes, 46 from Lincolnton. 

Morgantown, p-t. cap. Butler 
CO. Ky. 

Moriah, p-t. Essex co. NY. on 
lake Cham plain. Here are an ore 
J>ed, a forge, and furnace. 10 m. 
S.*El?zabethtoxyn. Pop. 843. 



182 A'i U .s 

orris, CO. NJ. Pop. 21,362. 
Chief t. Morristown. 

Morris, p-t. Greene co. Pa. 
'op. 1,259.— t. Huntingdon, 802. 
—Washington, 1,713. 

Morris,^t. Knox co. O. Pop. 623^ 

Morristown, p-t. Orleansco. Vt! 
19 m. N. Montpelier. Pop. 726. 

Morristoivn, p-t. St. Lawrence 
CO. NY. on the St. Lawrence, 
which is here more than a mile 
wide. The village stands on the 
immediate bank of the river, at 
ne mouth of a small creek afford- 
ing a good harbour. 2 m. belovr 
Brockville, UC. 42 from Kingston, 
UC. 10 above Ogdensburgh. Pop. 
827. 

Morristown, p-t. and cap. Mor- 
ris CO. NJ. 19 m. PTW. Newark, 28 
WNW. New York. Pop. 3,524. 
The village stands on the banks 
of Whippaning, a small creek 
which falls into the Passaic ; it is 
handsomely built and contains a, 
court-house, jail, bank, printing- 
press, academy, and 2 churches, I 
for Presbyterians and 1 for Bap- 
tists ; also, an iron factory and 
other works on the creek. 

Morristown, t. Westmoreland 
CO. Pa. 19 m. W. Mount Pleasant. 

Morristown, t. and cap. Bun- 
combo CO. NC. 

Morristown, p-t. Belmont co. 
Ohio, 27 m. from Warren. 10 W. 
St. Clairsville. 

Morrisvillc, p-v. and cap. Madi- 
son CO. NY. stands on an exten- 
sive alluvial plain and contains a 
court-house and jail, and about 60 
dwelling-houses. 102 m. WNW. 
Albany. 

Morrisvillc, bor. and p-t. Bucks 
CO. Pa. on the Delaware, connect- 
ed by a bridge with Trenton. Pop. 
391. 

Moscow, t. Somerset co. Me. 28 
m, N. Norridgeweck, Pop> 2^6> 



M U 183 M V 

^oscov), p-v. Livingston co. IS V'. ithe tbrmer residence of the ladJAtt £ 
I a small creek which falls into king Philip. ^'^■\ 



On 

Genesee river. 5 m. W. GeneBco. 

Moscow, V. Tompkins co. NY. 

Moite, Isle, isl. Vt. in Liike 
Champlain, 8 m. long, and 2 broad. 

Mouiton, p-t. cap. Lawrence co. 
Al. 

MouUonborough, p-t. Strafford 
NH. on Lake Winnipiseoa:ee, 50 
m. N. Concord. Pop. 1,279. 

Mount Airy, v. in Germantown, 
Pa. 8 m. fr. Philadelphia. Here 
is an academy. 

Mount Bethel, t. Northampton 
CO. Pa. Pop. 2,472. — Upper, 
2,182. 

Mount Carbon, v. Schuylkill co. 
Pa. Here is a printing-office. 

Mount Carmel, p-t. Ldwards Co. 
III. on the Wabash, 24 m. below 
A'ii.'jennes. 

Mount Clemens, p-t. and cap 



ing rhilip. _ 

Mount Hope, p-v. Orange cto'.#> 
NV.28m. W. Newburgh. 

Mou7it Joliet, an artificial 
mound, 111. on the W. bank of the 
Des planes, 16 m. above its junc- 
tion with the Kankakee. It is 
450 yards long, 75 broad, 60 feet 
high and level on the top. Lon. 
ii'^o 44' W. Lat. 420 5' n. 

Mount Joy, t. Adams to. Pa 
Pop. 935. — p-t. Lancaster, 1,835. 

Mount Morris, p-t. Livingetoh 
CO. NST. on the Genesee, 8 m 
SSVV. Geneseo. Pop. 1,002. 

Mount Pleasant, p-t. Westches- 
ter CO. IN Y. on the Hudson. The 
village ot Mount Pleasant, or 
.Sing-sing, stands on the bank of 
the river and contains 2 churches, 
I for Baptists and 1 for Presbyte- 
rians, an academy, and printing- 



Macomb co. Michigan, on the nv-bffice irom which a weekly news* 
cr Huron, 25 m. N. Detroit. paper is issued, it is a place of 

Mount Desert, isl. and p-t. Han- considerable trade. The building 
cock CO. Me. Pop. 1,349. The lor the new state prison in this 



Mount Holly, p-t 
\t. 20 m. \V. Windsor, 



inland is 15 m. long, and 12 broad. 
Lat. 44-5 12' N. 

Rutland co. 
Pop. 
3,157. 

Mount Holly, p-t. and cap. Bur- 
lington co. i\J. on Ancocus creek, 
12 m. SJ£. Burliagton, 23 ENE. 
Philadylphia. It contains a court- 
house, jail, market-house, bank, 
and 2 ciiurches. 

Mount Holyoke, nit. in Hadley, 
Ms. 3 m. SE. Northampton. It is 
B30 feet above tne level of Con- 
necticut river, and aftbrds an ex 
tensive arn^ beautiful view of the 
fcurrounding country. 

Mount hope, bay, the NE. arm 
OfNarraganBetbay,receives Taun- 
ton river 

Mount hope, hill, RI. on the W. 
•store of the above twy, f^ous a^ 



vicinity iias been began, and wh^n 
orapleted will be 500 feet long, 

stories high, with 800 cells.-— 
Marble and copper have been re- 
cently discovered in this town. 33 
m. N. New York, 14 SW. Bed- 
ford. Pop. 3,684. 

Mount Pleasant, 5 towns, Pa- 
VIZ. t Adams co. Pop. 1,483.—- 
p-t. Westmoreland 10 m. NW. 
Washington, 2,0b0.—t. Washing- 
ton, 1,254.— Columbia, 673.— p-t. 
Wayne, 874. 

Mount Pleasant, p-t. cap, W. 
Baton Rouge, La. 

Mount Pleasant, t. Jefferson co 
Ky. Pop. in 1816, about 500. it 
contains a church tor Quakers, 

Mount Pleasant, p-t. Jefferedn 
CO. O. 20 ra. S W. SteubenviUe, 10 
NE. Sj. Clairsville. Pop. 1421. it 
is la flouriEhln'g tOwn, ^d hdvtt:^\(i 



printing 



a \&ok, market-house 
office, and 3 churches. In the v 
cinity are several flouring-mills 
and saw-mills, a paper-mill, wool- 
Jen factory, and 2 fulling-mills. 

Mou7it Pleasant, t. Hamilton co 
O. 10 m. from Cincinnati. 

Mount Sterling, p-t. cap. Mont- 
gomery CO. Ky. with a court- 
house, jail, bank, and academy. 

Mount Tabor, t. Rutland co. Vt. 
36 NE. Bennington. Pop. 222. 

Mount Tom, mt. Ms. on the W. 
side of Connecticut river, near 
Northampton. It gives name to 
a range of mountains which com- 
mences in New Haven, Ct. and 
extends N. to East Hampton, Ms. 
where it crosses Connecticut riv- 
er, and unites with the Lyme 
range, at Belchertown 

Mount Upton, p-v. Chenango 
CO. NY. on the Unadilla 

Mount Vernon, p-t. Kennebeck 
CO. Me. 18 m. NW. Augusta. Pop 
1,293. 

Mount Vernon, p-t. Hillsboro' 
po. NH. 28 S. Concord. Pop 
729. 

Mount Vernon, the seat of the 
late George Washington, the first 
President of the U. States, is 
pleasantly situated on the S. side 
of the Potomac, in Fairfax co. Va. 
where the river is nearly two miles 
wide ; 9 miles below Alexan- 
dria. 

Mount Vernon, p-t. cap. Mont- 
gomery CO. Ga. 

Mount Vernon, p-t. and cap 
Rockcastle co. Ky. on the Ohio, 
24 m. from Cincinnati. 

Mount Vernon, p-t. and cap 
Knox CO. Ohio, on the N. bank of 
Owl creek, 20 m. from its mouth. 
It contains a brick court-house 
and jail, a printing-office, and sev 
eral maiiufaetories. Pop. 403. 50 
m. ISW. Za:uesvii;^2 



M^unt Vernon, p-t. cap. Fo$ej^ 
CO. In. 

Mount Vernon, p-t. cap. Jeffer' 
son CO. 111. 40 m. SSE. A'andalia. 

Mount Vernon^ t. cap. Lillard 
CO. Mo. on the Missouri, 30 u.. be- 
low Osage fort. 

Mourii Washington, NH. See | 
White Mountains. j 

Mount J'V ashington, t. Berk- 
shire CO. Ms. 20 m. SSE. Lenox. 
130 Irom Boston. Pop. 467. 

Mount Zion, p-v. Hancock co. 
Ga. 26 m. NE. Milledgeville. 

Moxhala, r. O. joins the Musk- 
ingum, 3 m. below Zanesville. 

Mud creek, NY. joins Canan- 
daigiia creek at Lyons. 

Mvddi/ crtek, t. Butler co. Pa. 
Pop. 868. 

Muddy river, 111. runs into the 
Mississippi. It is navigable 40 
miles. 

Mtid Island, fortified is]. Pa. in 
Delaware river, 7 m. below Phi- 
ladelphia. 

Muhlenhurg, co. Ky. Pop. 4,979. 
Slaves 675. Chief t. Greenville. 

Mulberry, r. runs into the N. 
side of the Arkansas, below Fort 
Smith. 

Mulicus, r. NJ. runs into Lit- 
tle Egg- harbor, 4 ra. E. Leeds. It 
is navigable 20 miles for vessels of 
60 tons. 

Mulleii's Island, isl. Florida, in 
the gulf of Mexico. Lon. 82° 55' 
W. Lat. 283 1'N. 

Multnomah, or Wallaumut, r, 
Oregon tcr. falls into the Colum- 
bia frum the S. about 100 m. fr. the 
Pacific. 

Muncey, p-t. Lycoming co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,564. 

Muncey creek. Pa. runs into the 
E. side of the Susquehannah, 23 
m. above Northumberland. 

Muncey creek, t. Lycoming CO 
Pa. Pon. Iv2^5. 



.> A il 

yJriuiifo7'dville, p-t. 



l«.j 



IS'AB 



urxd cap. 
tiart CO. Ky. on (ireen river, 30 
in. below Greensburg, 30 fr. Litch- 
lield. 

Munroe, p-t. Orange co. NY. 19 
m. S. Newburgh, 50 N. New York. 
Pop. 2,969. It contains 2 church- 
es, 1 for Quakers, and 1 for Pres- 
byterians. Here are extensive 
vron works, called the Augusta 
works, capable of yielding 200 
tons of bar iron yearly. 

M:tnster, p-t. Cambria co. Pa, 
Pop. 84. 

Murderkill^ hundred, Kent co 
Del. Pop. 7,558. 

Murfresshorough^ p-t. Hertford 
' CO. NC. at the head of navigation 
on Mehcrrin river, 50 m. NW. 
Edenton. It is a place of consid 
erable trade, and has an academy 
and Methodist church. 



extend about 25 miles ; the ijivfir 
spreads to the width of 3 mile§, 
and is full of islands. The pas- 
sage of the shoals is difficult, ex- 
cept when the river is high. 

Musconetcunky r. NJ. rises ih 
Brooklyn pond, receiving also a 
branch" from Budda pond, and 
flowing SW. divides Susbcx add 
Warren from Morris and Hunter- 
don counties, and falls into thf'- 
Delaware, 8 m. below Easton. It 
drains the valley formed by the 
Mu.sconetcunk mountains on the 
left and the Pohatcunk on the 
right. 

Mushanan, r. Pa. forms the 
boundary between Centre ami 
Huntingdon counties, and falls in- 
to a branch of the Susquehannah. 

Muskingum, CO. O. Pop. I7,jjiij. 
.Chief t. Zanesville. 

Muskingum , t. Muskingum co. 



Mutifreesborough, p-t. and cap 
ital of Rutherford co! Tennessee.lOhio. Pop. 872. 
32 m. SE. Nashville, 160 W. Knox-I Muskingum, r. O. rises in Por- 
ville. Lat. 35*^ 52' N. Lon. 86° 35'!tage co. and running S. 200 miles, 
W. It coBtains a court-house,!joinB the Ohio at Marietta. At its 



jaii) academy, bank, church, and 
priHting-office. Pop. 1,000. 

Murphy''s Settlement., p-v. St. 
Genevieve co. Mo. on the road 
from St. Louis to the Arkansas. 

Murray, p-t. Orleans co. NY. on 
Lake Ontario, 24 m. NE. Batavia. 
Pop. 1,561. 

Muscleshell, r. enters the Platte 
below the Loup fork. 

Muscle shoals, in Tennessee riv 



cr, 250 m. from its mouth. Tliey |to Medford. 



nouth, it is 250 yards wide. It i^ 
navigable 100 miles to Coshocton 
For large boats, and for 8iijal( 
boats, to its source ; whence th^-e 

a portage of only one mile to 
the Cuyahoga, a water of Lake 
Erie. 

Myers, small creek, NY. falls 
into the Mohawk, in Frankfort. 

Mystic r. Ms. flows into Boston 
harbor. It is navigable for slOopV 



N 



.Vuama)b'.s Creek, Del. runs into; Lynn, 14 m. NE. Boston. It. r, [l 
Delaware river, at Marcus hook, or 4 miles long, and is connected 

.J\^agracka,r. Ark. falls into the with trie main land by the narrow 
Arkansas, in lon. 99° 20' W. af- isthmus called Lynn beach. ,^e- 
t er an E. course of 500 miles. sides an extengivte prOspfect of. the 

J^rahant, pHnirisiita, Me. in oce^n, thi'jspot conxmands a view 



i\:A iV, 



o,f the city of Boston and nume 
rous towns and villages along the 
toast from Scituateto Cape Ann. 
\ large stone hotel and many pri- 
fate boarding-houses afford good 
accommodations for the nume 
reus visiters that resort here for 
health and pleasure, during the 
summer. 

JWiin, Moravian settlement, Pa. 
on the Lehigh, established in 1764 
aOm. N.Philadelphia. 

JVamasket^ r. Ms. joins Bridge- 
water river, to form the Taunton. 

JVangira, or jVeovjce, r. Mo. a 
S. branch of the Osage. 

JS'anjemoy, p-t. and port of en- 
try, Charles co. Md. near the river 
of the same name, which flows in 
l;o the Potomac. It is a place of 
some trade. 44 fr. Washington 

JVansemond, co. Va. Pod 
10,494. Slaves 4,526. Chief t 
-SpfFolk.. 

J\''ansemond, r. Va. rises in Dis 
mal swamp, and falls into James 
river, a little W. of Elizabeth riv 
er. It is navigable to Sleepy hole 
for vessels of 250 tons ; to Suffolk 
for those of 100 tons ; and to Mil- 
ners for those of 25 tons. 

JSl'antasket Road, the entrance 
into Boston harbour, Mass. It af- 
ford ss safe anchorage in from 5 to 
7 fathoms water. 

^Saidicokey r. E:istern shore of 
IMd. runs into Fishing bay in the 
Chesapeake. 

A^anlicoke, hundred, Sussex co. 
Del. Pop. 2,335. 

J>l'ani)nill,.Easi, t. Chester co. 
Pa. Pop. 1,813.— TFejt, 1,443. 

JVnniucket, island, and p-t. Ms. 
The island lies between 41° 13' 
and41o 22' N. lat. and between 69"^ 
56' and 70° 13' W. Ion. is 15 miles 
long, and contains about 50 sq. 
miles. The inhabitants are ex- 
ten iirely engaged in the whale 



186. in: a K. 

fishei-y, and have the reputation oi 
being the most skilful and adven- 
turous seamen in the world. — 
There were in 1825, belonging to 
the port between 60 and 70 ships, 
averaging more than 300 tons, and 
chiefly employed in this business. 
There are 30 spermaceti v/orks on 
the island, employing a capital of 
|600,000. 

The town of Nantucket, a port 
of eniry, and the only town on the 
island, stands on a harbour, in- 
cluded within a large bay, stretch- 
ing along the whole northern side 
of the island, from Sandy point on 
the NE. to Eel point oh the W. 
The bay makes a fine road for 
ships, except v/ith the wind at 
NW. when there is a heavy swell. 
The harbour is completely safe 
from all winds, being almost land- 
locked, the points at its entrance 
approaching within a mile of each 
other. There is a bar of sand at 
its mouth on which is only 7 feet 
water at low tide. The town con- 
tains a court-house, jail, 3 banks, 
2 insurance companies, 8 church- 
es, 2 for Friends, 2 for Congrega- 
tional! sts, 2 for Methodists, 1 for 
Universalists, and 1 for people of 
colour. 30 m. SE. Falmouth, 60 
SE. New Bedford, 123 SSE. Bos- 
ton. Pop. of isl. and town, 7,266. 

A"aiitucket Shoal, a banlc about 
50 miles long, and 45 broad, ex- 

nding SE. from the above named 
island. 

JS'^aniifckety bay, NJ. opposite 
Bombay Hook. 

J\«;ji£r,t. Bedford CO. Pa. Pop. 
1,764. 

J\aples, p-t. Ontario co. NY. 20 

Canandaigua. Pop. 1,038. 

JVarraganstty bay, RI. sets up 
from S. to N. between Point Ju- 
dith on the W. and Point Seaco- 
net 9n the K. It is about 30 mii#' 



i^ A S 



18: 



JV .A ^ 



long, and 15 broad, embraces sev- 
eral very considerable islands, and 
I'eceives 2 considerable rivers, the 
Providence and Taunton. The 
cOimnissionerd appointed to exam- 
ine the coast of the U. States, in 
1817, were of opinion that this 
bay presents the best site for < 
jiaval depot N. of Chesapeake bay 
It is accessible from the sea at all 
seasons of the year ; affords ca- 
pacious harbours, can be entered 
from the ocean in a few hours' 
sail ; is not susceptible of a con- 
tinued blockade ; nor is it obstruct- 
vd by ice. 

JVarraganseits. See Charles- 
town, R. I. 

JVarraguagus, p-t. Washington 
CO. Me. on a river and bay of the 
same name, 37 m. W. Machias. 

JVtts/j, CO. NC. Pop. 8,185. 
Slaves 3,445. 

JVashua, v. in Dunstable, Hills- 
boro' CO. NH. stands on Nashua 
river, near its confluence with the 
Merrimack. The river falls 65 
feet in the distance of 2 miles. A 
church has recently been erected 
here ; and an extensive woollen 
factory capable of turning out 500 
vards of cloth per day. 11 m. SE. 
Amherst, 36 NW. Boston. 

JVashuaii. See Elizabeth isls. 

J^Tashville, T^-t. cap. Nash co. NC. 

JVashville^ p-t. cap. Davidson co. 
Te. and cap. of the State, on the 
S. side of Cumberland river. It is 
jn the midst of a very fertile and 
populous country, and is the larg- 
est and most flourishing town in 
the State. In 1810, more than one 
third of the population of Tennes- 
see was included within a circle 
of 30 miles around Nashville. 
Steamboats ply between this place 
and New Orleans. The Cumber- 
land is navigable for vessels of 30 
f>r 4W fr>ns during the great-er part 



of the year, and in the liigliest 
floods for vessels of 400 tons. In 
1325, the town contained a court- 
house, jail, market-house,2banks, 
2 printing-offices, the college ed- 
ifice, and 4 churches, 1 each foi' 
Methodists, Presbyterians, Bap- 
tists, and Roman Catholics ; also 
several manufactories. Pop. in 
1825, 4,500. 275 m. SVV. Lexing- 
ton, G20 SW. Pittsburg, 200 W, 
Knoxville ; 580 NW. Charleston ; 
430 NNE. Natchez, 480 by Gen. 
Jackson's road NNE. New Or- 
leans. Lat. 36^ 4' N. Lon. 87° W. 

Cumberland College, at th s 
place, had its origin in 1806, when 
an appropriation v/as made by 
Co)igress in a convention with 
the state, of 100,000 acres of 
land for the equal endowment of 
two Colleges, one to be located at 
this place and the othar at Knox- 
ville ; 40,000 acres have also been 
assigned to Cumberland College, 
by the State. These funds re- 
mained in a great measure unpro- 
ductive untiri824, when the Col- 
lege was put in successful opera- 
tion. The president's office is 
filled, two professorships are c;^- 
tablished, and measures taken foa- 
the erection of additional build- 
ings. The present building is of 
brick, 3 stories high with 22 rooms 
for students. 

JVassau, p-t Rensselaer co. 
NY. 11 m. SE. Albany. Pop. 
2,510 ; in 1825, 2,935. 

.A as5a«, r. Florida, enters the 
Atlantic 18 m. S. St. Mary's river. 
The bar at the mouth has 8 feet 
water at low tide. Lat. 30° 44' 
N. Lon. 81° 42' W. 

Js''atchaug\ r. Ct. joins the She- 
tucket in Windham. 

A^atdiez^ city, Adams co. IVih 
on the E. bank of Mississippi river, 
more than 3«9 m.. above New ^- 



i> A M 1 

lealis bv the course of the river. 
Hiia 156 by land ; 430 SSW. Nash- 
vijle. Lat. 3P 33' N. Lon. 91° 
20' W. Pop. 2,184. The greater 
part of the town stands on a bluif, 
npwards of 150 feet above the 
surface of the river. The houses 
Jiave an air of neatness, though 
few are distinguished for size or 
<^legance. There is a considera 
ble inequality in the surface of 
the hill, which prevents hand 
some streets. Natchez is finely 
situated for a commercial depot, 
and its trade is rapidly increasing 
The country in its rear consists 
of excellent cotton lands, and is 
laid out in extensive plantations, 
Ihe income of the first planters 
ig princely ; from 5,000 to 40,000 
dollars per annum. Labour is 
performed almost exclusively by 
slaves. The town contains a 
cJ>urt-house, a bank with a capi 
T,al of |3,000,000, a hospital, and 
.S churches, 1 for Roman Catho- 
Ji^, 1 for Presbyterians, and 1 
■f^r Baptists. 

JSPatchitodies, co. La. Pop. 
.T,4a6. Slaves 2,326. 

.'Xachitoches, pronounced Nak- 
cT-tosh, p-t. Natchitoches co. La. 
on the W. baJik of Red river, 200 
rt). above its junction with the 
"Mississippi, 80 above Alexandria, 
200 NW. New-Orleans, in a direct 
line, and 358 by the road, 722 
SSW. St. Louis. Lat. 31° 46' N. 
Lon. 93° W. It is the largest 
fown in the State W. of the Mis- 
sissippi .Pop. in 1818, more than 
bOO, exclusive of the garrison. 

js'atick, p-t. Middlesex co. 
IVIass. on Charles river, 18 m. 
ISW. Boston. Pop. 849. 

J^''atural Bridge. S. Cedar creek. 

JSi''augatuck, r. Ct. rises in the 
HSW. part of the state and joins 
tUe HousattJnmi« ttt Derby. Above 



}y N E S-, 

Waterbury it is called Mattaluck.. 

A''avy, t. Orleans co. Vt. 48 m. 
NE. Montpelier. Pop. in 1820, 
90; in 1824,212. 

J\"a2areth, p-t. Northampton co. 
Pa. 10 m. N. Bethlehem. Here is 
a Moravian school. 

A'azareth, Upper, Northampton 
CO. Pa. Pop. 535. — Lower, 748. 

A^'eddick, Cape, Me. Lon. 7(P 
34' W. Lat. 433 8' N. 

J\'eedham, t. Norfolk co. Ms. on 
Charles river, opposite Newtown, 
12 m. WSW. Boston. Pop. 1,227. 
Here is a perpendicular fall in 
the river of 20 feet, at which 
mills are erected. 

J\''elson, p-t. Cheshire co. NH. 
40 m. SW. Concord. Pop. 907. 

JVelson, p-t. Madison co. NY. 
9 m. W. Morrisville, 35 SW. Uti- 
ca. Pop. 2,329. 

jYelson, co. Va. Pop. 10,137. 
Slaves 5,660. Chief t. Lovingston. 

JVelson, CO. Ky. Pop. 16,273. 
Slaves 3,875. Chief t. Bairda- 
town. 

JM'elson, p-t. Portage co. Ohio, 
12 m. NE. Ravenna. Pop. 444. 

J\''cmahaiv, r. joins W.side of the 
Missouri, in lat. 39° 55' 56'' N. 

A''cosho, station of the United 
Foreign Mission Society, among 
the Osages of the Missouri, on a 
river of the same name, about 80 
m. SW. Harmony. 

J\'ejmnose, t. Lycoming co. Pa. 
on the W. branch of the Susque- 
hannah. Pop. 418. 

JVeponset, r. Ms. flows into Bos- 
ton harbour, and is navigable for 
vessels of 150 tons 4 miles, to 
Milton. 

jSTeponset, v. on both sides of 
the above river, 6 m. S. of Bos- 
ton. It contains a number of 
mills and manufacturing estab- 
lishments. 

A'^e^ctivcrlx.,T)-{, I,tr^crnt^ cfi. Pa'. 



NEW 189 

-ut the confluence of the Nesco 
peck with the Susquehannah, 40 
m. NE. Northumberland. t'op 
1,004. 

JS/eshaminy, r. Pa. runs into tho 
Delaware, 6 m. belov/ Bristol. 

JVeshannock^ t. Mercer co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,028. 

JSTeversink, or JVavesink, t. Sul- 
livan CO. NY!«fe.Pop. 1,380. 15 m. 
N. Monticello. 

j\''evil, p-t. Clermont co. O. oti 
the Ohio, 21 m. W. Williamsbur<T. 
Pop. in 1S15, 200. 

JVeuse, r. NC. rises near Hiils- 
borougli, and after a SE. course 
of more than 500 miles, falls into 
Pamlico Sound, 70 m. belo'.v New- 
hern. It is navigable for sea ves- 
sels 12 miles above Newbern, and 
for boats 200. 

J^ev) Albany y p-t. and cap. Floyd 
CO. Ind. on tlie Ohio, nearly oppo- 
site Portland, Ky. and 4 m. below 
the iails of Jeffersoiiville. it is 
situated on the second bank of th,; 
Ohio, elevated above the usual 
floods. The town was commenc- 
ed in 1814, and has had a rapid 
growth, (Containing at present 15(1 
dwelling-houses, a Presbyteriai. 
church, and about 1,000 inhabit- 
ants. Here are a eaw-mill ai.d 
grist-mill moved by steam, and a 
glass ficlory. Boat -building is 
carried on to some extent. 

JVewark, t. Essex co. Vt. 44 ..; 
NE. Montpelier. Pop. 154. 

JVeioark, p-t. Tioga co. NY. 8 
m. NNE. Owego. 

J\''etvarky p-t. and cap. Essex co. 
NJ. and the largest tov/n in the 
state, is pleasantly situated nctji 
the W. bank of Passaic river, 3 m. 
from its mouth. It isregulai! 
laid out, the principal street i- 
200 feet wide, and opens into .:■ 
public square around which are 
niany elegant private dwelling- 



N E W 
houses. Newark contains six 
churches, 3 for Presbyterians, and 
1 each for Episcopalians, Bap- 



tists, and Methodists ; a court- 
house, jail, 2 banks, and an acad- 
emy. The first Presbyterian 
church is of stone, and is the lar- 
gest and most elegant building of 



h ■ kind in the state, 
.imy is a flourishing 



The acad- 
institution 
md accommodated with a spa- 
cious brick edifice. Several me- 
chanical trades are pursued to a 
large extent in this town; viz, 
shoemaking, cabinet and chair 
making, building of coaches, Sic. 
Xewark is celebrated for the ex- 
cellence of the cider made in its 
iieiglibourhood. Here are also 
valuable quarries of stone for 
building. 9 m. W. New York, U 
N. Elizabethtown. Pop. 6,507. 

JVeivark, or Arthur Kull, a baj', 
NJ. ibrmed by the confluence of 
ihe I'assaic and Hackinsack riv- 
ers, and separated from Hudson 
river on the E. by Bergen neck. It 
communicates through the Kills, 
4 miles long, with N. York bay ; 
and through Stntcn Island sound 
with Amboy bay. 

.Yewark, a flourishing p-t. New- 
castle CO. De. A college is abou^ 
to be established here. 62 m. N. 
iJover. 

.JS'ewarky p-t. and cap. Licking 

'. Ohio, at the confluence of 
.; ccoon and Licking rivers, 26 m. 
WNW. Zanesville, 33 E. by N. 
Jolumbus. It contains a court- 
house, printing-ofiice and Presby- 
torian church. Pop. 962. 

JVew Ashford, t. Berkshire co. 
Iiss. 20 m. X. Lenox, 121 from 
• o.iton. Pop. 358. 

jYew Baltimore., p-t. Greene co. 
\ y. on the Hudson 16 m. N. Cat.s- 
f ill, 20 S. Albany. Pop. 2,036. 

JS'ev^ Bo.rbudoes. t. Bgrgen ?^ 



NEW m 

tiJ. on the fassaic. Pop. 2,592. 
^ A^ew Bedford, p-t. and s-p. Bris- 
tol CO, Mass. on a small bay which 
sets up from Buzzard's bay, bo- 
iween Clarke's neck on the W. 
and Sconticutt point on the E. An 
island between the poinis renders 
the entrance narrow, but the har- 
bour is safe and commodious. Tin 
ftihabitants are extensivel}' eng:i- 
ged in the whale-fishery. In 1823, 
the number of vessels belonging 
to the port, including Fairhaven, 
was 76, and the aggregate ton- 
nage 19,263, navigated by about 
1600 men and boys. Som.; of 
(hesft vessels are employed in the 
<;od fishery and foreign trade, but 
the greater part in the whale fish- 
cry. Here arc 9 spermaceti man 
iifactorics. The principal exports 
nrc Avhale oil, spermaceti candles, 
and fish. New Bedford contains 
a bank, insurance office, academy, 
iiDd 9 churches. Pop. in 1820, 
t^947; in 1025, 5,276, being an 
increase of 33 per cent, in 5 years. 
^2 m. S. Boston. 

J\ «/) Berlin, p-t. Chenango co 
r» y. on the W. l>ank of the Una- 
dilla. It contains a flourishing 
village, in which are a church, mi\- 
f* iiic hall, and numerous mills. 
12 m. ISfE. Norwich, 24 W. Coop- 
crstown. Pop. 2,366. 

J\''ar Berlin, p-t. Union co. Pa. 
Pop. 515. 

A"etvhcr7i, p-t. port of entry, and 
Cnp. Craven CO. NC. on a flat "sandy 
point of land, at the junction of 
Wuse river with the Trent, 35 m. 
SSW. Washington, 123 SE. Ra- 
leigh, 100 NNE. Wilmington, 290 
NE. Charleston. Lon. 77° 2.5' W. 
Eat. 35° 20' N. Pop. in 1818, 
nearly 6,000. It is the largest 
town in the Sti.te, and contaiiis a 
court-house, jail, theatre, 2 banks 



find 3 _chnr<hc!:, 1 for Episcoj^al-lvourablt, auspices. The lliculty 



N E ^S^ 

inns, 1 for Baptists, and 1 tor- 
Methodists. Shipping in 1815, 
5,049 tons. Principal exports, lum- 
ber, naval stores, grain, and pork- 

JYeivberry, p-t. Lycoming co. 
Pa. on the Susquehannah, oppO' 
site Williamsport. 

J\hr Boston, p-t. Hillsboro' co, 
NH. 22 S. Concord. Pop. 1,686. 

J\'ho Bourbon, v. Mo. on the 
Mississippi, 2 S. St. Genevieve. 

A'ho Braintree, p-t. Worcester 
CO. Mass. 18 m. WNW. Worc(s- 
ter, 66 from Boston. Pop. 883. 

JWiy Britain, t. Bucks co. Pa. 
25 fr. i hiladelphia. Pop. 1,082. 

J\''cw Brvnswick, citv, Middle- 
sex CO. NJ. on the SW. bank of 
the Raritan, which is navigable to 
this place fer vessels of 80 tons, 
16 m. NE. Princeton, 33 SW. 
New York, 57 NE. Philadelnhia. 
Lon. 740 31' W. Lat. 40° 29' N. 
Pop. of the township, 6,764. It 
contains a court-liouse, jail, col- 
lege edifice, and 5 churches, viz. 
1 for Dutch Reformed, 1 for Pres- 
byterians, 1 for Episcopalians, 1 
for Methodists, and 1 for Baptists. 
The situation of the town is low, 
but not unhealthy. On the hills 
■ind low grounds are several deep 
l)()rii;gs tor water, by means of 
which springs, at thedepth of 200 
or 300 feet, have been brought to 
the surface. 

Rutgers' college, formerly 
Queen's, was founded in this 
city by ministers of the Reform- 
ed Dutch church, for the educa- 
tion of their clergy, and incorpo- 
r.ited in 1 770. Owing to the want 
of funds, the exercises were s>is- 
pended for several years. But by 
the liberal and sj-irited efforts of 
its friends, tlie college has been 
recently revived, and in Nov. 
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The library contains about 800 
volumes. The college edifice is 
of stone, 3 stories high. In 1810, 
a Theological Seminary was es- 
tablished in thiscitv by the Gene- 
ral Synod of the Reformed Dutch 
churches, and to a certain extent 
connected with the college. The 
two departments, however, are 
maintained wholly by different 
funds, and are amenable to dif- 
ferent tribunals. The officers 
of the seminary are 3 professors, 
viz. of theology: of Biblical criti- 
cism \ and of Ecclesiastical his- 
torv. The number of students is 
abo'ut 20. 

JSTewburs^h, p-t. Penobscot co. 
Me. Pop. 328. 

A'^ewhurgh, p-t. and halfshirc 
Orange co. NY. on the W. side of 
the Hudson, opposite Fishkill 
with which it communicates by a 
ferry. The village is pl^asantlv 
situated on the immediate bank of 
the river. It is coni.ccted with 
the fertile and populous region to 
the W. by 2 turnpike roads, one 
leading to Coshocton on the Del 
aware, and the other to Oxford 
Eight packet?; sail regularly to 
New York. The trade of New 
bjrgh employs about 50 vessels 
and few places are increasing 
move rapidly in wealth and popu- 
lation. In 1825, the village con- 
tained 548 dwelling-houses and 
stores, a court-house, a bank with 
a capital of ^450,000; 3 printing- 
offices, a lyceum of natural his- 
tory, an acad'iniy, and 5 churches, 
1 each for Episcopalians, Pres- 
byterians, Pteformed Presbyteri- 
ans, Associate Reformed, aiifl 
Methodi.?ts. Among the manu- 
factories are several grist-mills 
and saw-mills, a tannery, pottery, 



comb factory, and 3 breweries r each other nearly at right angles 



erected on Chambers creek. 61 m. 
N. New York, 95 S. Albany. Pop. 
in 1820, of village, 2,877; whole 
town, , 5,812; of village in 1825, 
3,078. 

JVewburgh, p-t. Cuyahoga co. 
O. SE. of Cleaveland. Pop. 75<5. 

JVewbury, p-t. Orange co. Vt. 
on Connecticut river, opposite 
Haverhill. The river is here bor- 
dered by several wide alluvial 
tracts, the largest of which, the 
great Oxbow, comprises 450 acres 
of the finest meadow land. The 
village of Newbury contains a con- 
gregational church and a hand- 
some collection of houses. Here 
is a sulphur spring of some reyjute. 
At tlie mouth of Wells river, to 
the N. is another small village 
where are several mills. 27 m. E. 
Montnelier, 47 above Windsor. 
Pop. 1,623. 

Kewbury^ t. Essox co. Ms. on 
the S. bank of Merrimack river, 
opposite to Salisbury, with which 
it is connected by a bridge, 24 m. 
N. Salem, 32NNE. Boston. Pop. 
3,671. It contains 2 academies, 
and 5 Congregational churches. 

JVeivbury^t. Yorkco. Pa. Pop. 
1,794. 

JVewhury, district, SC. Pop, 
16,104. Slaves 5,749. 

JVev)bury, p-t. Geauga co. O. 
Pu}). 337.— t. Miami co. 542. 

JVewburyport, p-t. and port of 
f^ntry, Essex co. Ms. on the S. 
bank of the Merrim-ick, 3 m. from 
its mouth, 24 N. Salem, 24 SSW. 
i'ortsmoutli, 33 m. NNE. Boston. 
Lcn. 70° 47' W. Lat. 42° 49' N. 
i^op. 6,052. It is one of the huud- 
bOM'Jst towns in the U. States, 
the site being a beautiful declivi- 
ty, the houses handsomely built, 
the streets wide, and intersecting 



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It contains 2 banks, 2 insurance I co. Ky, on Kentucky nve£> con- 



offices, and 7 churches : 3 for 
Congregationalists, 2 for Presby- 
terians, 1 for Episcopalians^ and 1 
for Baptists. It is the third town 
in the State in population and 
commerce. The amount of ship 
ping in 1815, was 24,922 tons, em- 
ployed partly in the coasting trade 
and fisheries, and partly in the 
trade to the West Indies, Europe 
and the East Indies. The town 
is well situated for ship buildin^ 
having the advantage of receiving 
lumber from the interior by Mer 
rimack river. The harbour h 
deep, safe, and spacious, but dif- 
ficult to enter. The town suffer 
ed severely by the restrictions or 
commerce previous to the late 
war, and by the fire in ICll. It 
has not yet fully recovered from 
these misfortunes. 

JVew Canaan, p-t. Fairfield co. 
Ct. 8 m. from Long Island Sound, 
77 SW. Hartford. Pop. 1,689 
It contains 2 churches and an 
academy. 

Newcastle, p-t. Lincoln co. Me. 
on the W. side of Sheepscot river, 
7 m. E. VViscasset. Pop. 1,240. 

JVewcastle, or Great Island, isl. 
and t. Rockingham co. NH. in 
Portsmouth harbour, connected 
with Portsmouth by a bridge. Pop. 
932. 

J\^etvcasile, t. W. Chester co. NY. 
37 m. N. New York, 6 W. Bed- 
ford. Pop. 1,368. 

JVeivcastle, co. Del. Pop. 27,899. 
Slaves 1,195. 

JVewcastle, p-t. and cap. New- 
castle CO. Del. on Delaware river. 
The village contains 2 churches, a 
court-house, jail, and about 200 
houses. It has considerable trade 
in wheat. 34 m. SW. Philadel- 
phia, Lat. 39° 38' N. Pop. 2,671 



tains a court-house and jail. Pop. 
in 1818, 800. 

JVewcastle, t. Coshocton co. 
Ohio. Pop. 540. 

JVew Charleston, p-t. Penobscot 
CO. Me. 20 m. NW. Bangor. Pop. 
344. 

JVew Chester, p-t. Grafton co. "N. 
H. on the Merrimack, 16 m. S. Ply- 
mouth, 45 from Concord. Pop.971. 

JVew Connecticut. See Connec- 
ticut Reserve. 

Neil} Creek, NC. runs into the 
3ca, Ion. 76° 52' W. lat. 34° 47' N. 

New Durham,r,.t. Strafford co. 
NH. 38 m. NW. Portsmouth, 45 
from Concord. Pop. 1,168. 

JVewell See Bethel. 

JVew England, the NE. section 
of the U. states, comprising the 
states of Maine, New Hampshire, 
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode 
Island, and Connecticut. 

JVew Fairjicld, t. Fairfield co. 
Ct. 7 m. N. D-anbury, 64 SW. 
Hartford. Pop. 738. 

JVewfane, p-t. and cap. Wind- 
ham CO. Vt. on West river. The 
centre village stands on an eleva- 
ted spot, commanding an exten- 
sive prospect to the E. It con- 
tains a court-hoase, jail, academy, 
ind congreg.ational church. 12 m. 
NW. Brattleboro', 105 S. Mont- 
pelier. Pop. 1,506. 

JVewfane, t. Niagara co. NY. 
about 10 m. N, Lockport. 

JVew Feliciana, co. La. Chief 
t. St. Francisville. 

JVewJield, t. York co. Me. 40 m. 
NW. York, 36 WNW. Portland. 
Pop. 1,147. 

JVeivJield, p-t. Tompkins co. 
NY. 9 m. SW. Ithaca. Pop. 1,889. 

Newfound, lake, NH. 6 miles 
long from N. to S. and 2 broad, 
communicates with the Merri,- 



^^(wcastky p-t. and cap. Hejjrvjmack, at Bxidgewatej, 



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,X'(W Garden, p-t. Chester co. 
Pii. Pop. 1,199. 

y'Vew Glasgow, p-v. Amherst co. 
Ya. Here is a ladies' academy. 

J\'ew Gloucester, p-t. Cumber- 
jand CO. Me. 23 m. N. Portland. 
Pop. 1,628. 

,'Va« Grantham, t. Cheshire co. 
NH. 35 m. NW. Concord. Pop. 
834. 

JVew Hampshire, one of the U. 
S. bounded N. by Lower Canada ; 
E. by Maine ; 8E. by the Atlantic ; 
S. by Massachusetts ; and W. 
by Vermont. It lies between 42<^ 
41' and 45° 11' N. lat. and between 
70° 40' and 72° 48' V . Ion. It is 
160 miles long from N. to S. 90 in 
its greatest breadth, and contains 
9,491 sq. miles, or 6,074,240 acres. 
It is divided into 7 counties and 
about 220 towns. Pop. m 1790, 
141,885; in 1800, 183,858; in 
1810, 214,460; and in 1820, 
24^1,161. The value of manufac- 
tures in 1810, was ^5,225,045. A 
large part of the commerce of I\. 
Hampshire passes through the 
ports of other states. The value 
of exports from Portsmouth in 
1822, was .$345,807. The princi- 
pal articles of export are lumber, 
pot and pearl ashes, beef, live cat- 
tle, pork, and flax-seed. 

New Hampton, t. Strafford co. 
NH. on the Merrimack, 30 m. N. 
Concord. Pop. 1,500. Here is a 
flourishing academy. 

JVew Immpton, p-v. Hunterdon 
CO. NY. on the Musconetcunk. 
2 m. from the village is the Mans- 
field mineral spring. 14 m. SW. 
Hacketstown, 40 N. Trenton. 

JVeiw Hanover, co. NC. Pop. 
10,866. Slaves 5,561. Chief t. 
Wilmington. 

JVew Hartford, p-t. Litchfield 
CO. Ct. 20 m. NW. Hartford. Pop. 



1^3 N K w 

JYew Hartford, p-v. Oneida co. 
NY. 2 m. W. Utica. It stands on 
the Sauquait, which falls into the 
Mohawk, and is one of the best 
mill streams in the state. Here 
are an extensive cotton factory, a 
nail factory, oil-mill, paper-mill, 
&.C. The village contains ii 
churches. 

JVeiu Haven, p-t. Addison co. 
Yt. on Otter creek, 26 m. S. Kur- 
lington. Pop. 1,566. Here are 
quarries of marble. 

JVew Haven co. Ct. Pop. 39,616. 

JYeio Haven, city, and sea-port, 
New Haven co. Ct. lies around the 
head of a harbour, which sets up 
four miles from L. Island Sound, in 
41° 18' N. lat. 72'^ 56' W. Ion. 7G 
rn. NE. New York, 34 SSW. Hart- 
ford, 134 SW. Boston ; 107 SSE. 
Albany. It is the capital of the 
county, and tlie semi-capital of 
the state. 

The site of the city is a large 
plain, encircled on all sides, ex- 
cept those occupied by the water, 
by a fine amphitheatre of hills 
and mountains, several of which 
present bold and perpendicular 
fronts, nearly 400 feet in height. 
The city is regularly laid out, and 
consists of the Old and New tov/n- 
ships, in each of v/hich is an open 
square. That in the old town is 
called the Green, and is one of 
the handsomest in the U. States. 

The public buildings are a state 
house, the college edifices, 5 
churches, 2 for Congre'gational- 
ists, 1 for Episcopalians, 1 for 
Methodists, ajid 1 for Baptists. 
Besides these buildings the town 
contains a jail, alms-house, cus- 
tom-house, tontine coffee-house, 
3 banks, 2 insurance offices, a 
grammar school, a Lancasterian 
school, an academy, and 5 print- 
in? ofRres, from which a.To is«itic.r| 



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4 weekly newspapers, a religioufc 
monthly magazine, and the Amer- 
ican Journal of Science and Arts. 

The houses are generally built 
of wood, in a neat and commodi- 
ous, but not an expensive style. 
Several of those recently erected, 
however, are elegant and stately 
edifices of brick. The principal 
streets are ornamented withtrees, 
and most of the houses are fur- 
ziished with a piece of ground in 
the rear, sufficient for a garden 
and fruit trees, giving to the city 
a rural and pleasant appearance. 
The burying-ground in the N. 
corner of the town is laid out on 
a plan entirely new. The field 
is dJTided into parallelograms, 
which are subdivided into family 
buvying-placea. The ground is 
planted with trees ; the monu- 
ments are almost universally of 
marble, and a considerable num- 
ber are obelisks. An exquisite 
taste for propriety ie discovered 
in every thing belonging to it ; and 
the whole has a solemn and im- 
pressive appearance. 

The harbour is well defended 
from winds, but is shallow, and 
s^radually filling up with mud. 
This difficulty has beeu remedied 
m part .^y the construction of a 
wharf nearly a mile in length, ex- 
tending into the harbour. The 
depth of water on the bar, at low 
water, is 6 or 7 feet. Common 
tides rise 6 feet, and sprmg tides 
7 or 8. New Haven has inter- 
course by steamboats and packets 
with New York. The Farming- 
ton canal will soon open an ex- 
tensive navigable communication 
with the interior. See Farming- 
ton canal. The amount of ship- 
ping in 1816, was 12,439 tons. 
Pop. ofthecitv in 1810,5,772; in 



1820, 7,147, and including the 
township, 8,326, 

Yale College, in this place, is 
one of the oldest and most re- 
spectable Colleges in the United 
States. It was founded in 1700. 
The board of trustees consists of 
ten fellows ; together with the 
governor of the state, the lieuten- 
ant governor, and six senior mem- 
bers of the senate, ex qfficiis. The 
faculty, in 1825, was composed of 
a president, 10 professors, inclu- 
ding the theological and medical 
professors ^ a librarian ; and 8 tu- 
tors. The college library con- 
tains 8000 volumes, chiefly of 
classical, scientific, historical, and 
theological works. The literary 
societies among the students also 
have libraries, containing togeth- 
er .%00 volumes, principally in 
English literature. The cabinet 
of minerals, the richest and most 
complete in the U. States, was 
deposited here in 1811 by George 
Gibbs, Esq. and generously loan- 
ed by him from that period till 
1825. At this time it was pur- 
chased by the college i a suffi- 
cient sum of money having been 
obtained, chiefly by the contribu- 
tions of individuals. There are9 
College edifices, 7 of which stand 
in a line fronting the green, on 
the W. side. The lyceum occu- 
pies the centre of the line, having 
on the S. two halls for students 
between which is the athenaeum, 
and on the N. two halls for stu- 
dents betv/een which is the chapel. 
The four halls for students aro 
four stories high ; each contains 
32 suites of rooms, and each suite 
of rooms accommodations for two 
students. The chapel, besides a, 
place for public worship, contains 
the college library and 8 rpqmrs 



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The ly- 

ceum contains recitation rooms 
and a rhetorical hall. In the 
athenaeum are the philosophical 
apparatus and lecture room, the 
society libraries and a reading 
room. In rear of the line are the 
laboratory, and a stone edifice fo 
a dining hall, the upper floor of 
which is appropriated to the min- 
eralogical cabinet." The medical 
department was established in 
1B13. It has 4 professors, and a 
spacious stone edifice in which 
are a valuable anatomical museum 
and a medical library, a lecture 
room, and rooms for students. 
The theological department of 
the college was enlarged in 1822, 
by the appointment of a profess- 
or of didactic theology. Instruc- 
tion in tliis department is also 
given by a lecturer in sacred lit- 
erature, and by the professors of 
divinity aid rhetoric in the col- 
lege. The whole number of stu- 
dents in 1825, was 470; namely, 
75 medical, 23 theological, 16 law 
students, and 356 undergraduates. 
In 1823, the whole number of 
graduates amounted to 4,171, of 
whom 3,752 were alumni. Of the 
latter there were then living2,075, 
a greater number than from 
any other college in the United 
States. 

JV'eio Haven, p-t. Oswego co. 
NY. on Mexico bay in Lake Onta- 
rio. iJPop. 899. 10 m. E. Oswego. 

A'^ew Haven, p-t. Huron co. 
Ohio. Pop. 481. 

JNTs/w Hollarid, p-t. Lancaster co. 
Pa. 12 m. ENE. Lancaster, 54 
NW. Philadelphia. 

JVewhope, p-v. Bucks co. Pa. on 
the Delav/are, opposite Lamberts- 
ville. 16 m. N. Trenton. Here 
is an academy. 

JYeto Iberia, p-$. $5t. Msd-tijHs c©. 



La. on the Teche, 9 m. bylaittt, 
below St. Martinsville. 

JVcwichawannock. See Piscata*- 
qua river. 

J\''ewingion, t. Rockingham co. 
NH. on the Piscataqua, 5 m NW. 
Portsmouth. Pop. 541. 

JVeiv Inlet, channel betwen two 
small islands, NJ, Lon. 74° 15' 
W. Lat. 39° 50' N. 

J\^etv Inlet, channel, NC. be- 
tween Cape Fear Island and the 
mainland. Lon. 78° 5' W. Lat. 
33° 56' N. 

JYeto Ipswich, p-t. Hillsborough 
CO. NH. watered by Souhegan riv- 
er. Here are 2 woollen and 3 
cotton factories ; and a handsome 
village containing 2 churches, a 
town house and an academy. 18 
m. WSW. Amherst, 50 S W.Con- 
cord, 52 N; Boston. Pop. 1,288. 

JVew Jersey, one of the U. 
States, bounded N. by New York ; 
E. by the Atlantic and by Hudson 
rivei*, which separates it from 
New York: S, by Delaware bay, 
and V\'. by Delaware river, which 
separates it from Pennsylvania. 
It extends from lon. 74° to 75° 29' 
W. and from lat. 39° to 41° 24' N. 
It is 160 miles long from N. to S. 
and contains 8,320 sq. miles, or 
5,324,000 acres. Pop. 277,575. 
Number of militia in 1821, 35,241. 
The manufactures are chiefly of 
iron and leather. The estimated 
value in 1810, was $7,054,594. 
Most of the commerce of N. Jer- 
sey is carried on through New- 
York and Philadelphia. Hence 
the value of exports in 1820, was 
only |-20,531. The revenue in 
1815 was $13,612; shipping in 
1816, 33,211 tons. Trenton \s 
the seat of government. 

The Morris canal is to connect 
the Delaware river at the mouth 
of the iebigh with N«w-y«rk hat- 



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Ijov. It will pass through a rich 
fining and farming country, and 
Nvill open a channel by which the 
city of New York and the exten- 
sive iron manufactories of N. Jer- 
sey will be supplied with Penn- 
sylvania coal. — The Raritan and 
Delaware canal will be 60 ft. wide, 
8 feet deep and supplied with wa- 
ter by a feeder leading from the 
Delaware at the mouth of the 
Musconetcunk, to Lamberton, 
■where the canal terminates. The 
feeder is to be 40 ft. wide and 5 ft. 
deep, with 117 feet lockage. 
Length of canal and feeder 34 
miles. Summit level between 
the Delaware and Raritan 48 feet. 

JVew Kent, co. Va. Pop. 6,630. 
Slaves 3759. Chf t. Cumberland. 

JVew Lebanon., p-t. Columbia co. 
NY. 6 m. fr. Pittsfield, Ms. 24 SE. 
Albany. Pop. 2808. Here is a 
warm spring of considerable ce- 
lebrity. The temperature of the 
water is 73*^ of Fahrenheit. It is 
useful in salt rheums, and other 
cutaneous affections. In this place 
is a village of 500 or 600 Shakers 
They are said to possess nearly 
3,000 acres of land. The utmost 
neatness is conspicuous in their 
bouses, fields, gardens, court 
yards, and every thing belonginc 
to 1;heir establishment. The pVo 
pcrty is all in common. The 
scenery of New Lebanon is re- 
markably beautiful. 

JVew Lebanon, p-t. Camden co. 
NC. on the Pasquotank, 14 m. 
above Elizabeth city. 

JVeio Lexington, p-1. Preble co. 
O. 6 m. E. Eaton, 19 W. Dayton. 

JVew Lexington, t. Richland co. 
O. on Mohiccan creek, 10 m. from 
Belville. 

JWj/j Lexington, t. Jeflerson co. 
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newspaper is issued. Salt is ma)i- 
ufactured here. 

JVewlin, t. Chester co. Pa. Pop. 
914. 

JVew Lisbon, p-t. Otsego co. 
NY. 10 m. SW. Cooperstown, 76 
W. Albany. Pop. in 1825, 2085. 

JVew Lisbon, p-t. and cap. Co- 
lumbia CO. Ohio, on a branch of 
the Little Beaver, 14 m. fr. Ohio 
river, 35 S. Warren, 56 NW. 
Pittsburg, 160 NE. Columbus. It 
co;itains an elegant court-house, 
a jail, bank, printing-office, public 
library, academy, and 2 churches, 
in the vicinity are a furnace, sev- 
eral saw-mills, a paper-mill, 2 
woollen factories, a fulling-mill, 
carding machine, and glass facto- 
ry. Pop. 746. 

J\rew London, p-t. Merrimack 
CO. NH. 33 m. NW. Concord. Pop. 
924. 

Mew London, Co. Ct. Pop. 
35,943. 

JVew London, city, port of en- 
try, and half shire, New-London 
CO. Ct. is situated on a declivity on 
the W. bank of the Thames, 3 
miles from its mouth, 14 m. S. 
Norwich, 42 SE. Hartford, 53 E. 
New-Haven, 59 SW. Providence, 
60 W. Newport. Lon. 72° 12' W. 
Lat. 41° 25' N. Pop. 3,330. It 
contains a court-house, 2 banks, a. 
marine insurance office, 2 newspa- 
per establishments, and 5 church- 
es. The inhabitants own con- 
siderable shipping, employed in 
the coasting trade, the trade Avith 
the West India islands, and the 
fisheries. Amount in 1816, 14,685 
tons. 

The harbovir is the best in the 
state, having 5 fathoms water, anrl 
being safe, spacious, accessible at 
all seasons of the year, and at all 
times of tide, and unobstructed by 



1 j>rin<:ing-6fficc fr(!m which a ice : but it is easily blockaded, as 



tSras proved during the late war. 
It is defended by Forts Trumbull 
and Griswold. Oa the W. side of 
the entrance, is a light-house. 

JSTew London^ t. Ckester co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,196. 

J^ew London, t. Md. 5 m. SSW. 
Annapolis. 

JVew London, t. Huron co. O. 
Pop. 172. 

J^ew LoTidon, p-t. cap. Ralls co. 
Mo. 1 m. S. Salt river, 75 NW. 
St. Charles. 

J\^ew Madrid^ co. Mo. Pop. 
2,296. Slaves 291. Chief t. Win- 
chester. 

JSTeu) Madrid, p-t. New Madrid 
CO. Mo. on the Mississippi, 70 m 
below the Ohio, in an unhealthy 
spot. 

JSTeu) Market, p-t. Rockingham 
CO. NH. 12 m. W. PortsmoHth, 38 
SE. Concord. Pop. 1,083. Here 
if a We&leyan academy. 

J^ew Market, p-t. Frederick co 
Md. 48 m. from Washington. 

J^eiv Market, p.t. Sheaandcal 
Co. Va. 44 m. from Staunton. 

J\"ew Market, p-t. Higldand co. 

O. 6 m. W. Hillsboro'. Pop. 747 

JN'eu,' Marlhurough, p-t. Berk 

shire co. Ms. 23 m. SSE. Lenox, 

118 from Boston. Pop. 1,688. 

J^ew Milford, p-t. Litchfield co. 
Ct. on the Housatonnuc, 48 m. 
SW^ Hartford. Pop. 3,830. It 
contains 6 churches, 2 for Con- 
gi'egationalists, 2 for Episcopali- 
ans, 1 for Baptists, and 1 for Qua 
kers. Here are valuable quar 
ries of marble, and Boveral forge: 
for the manufacture of iron. 

J^'&w Milford, p-t. Susquehan- 
nah CO. Pa. Pop. 614. 

.A''ew Orleans, city and port of 
entry, Orleans parish, Louisiana 
is situated on the left bank of 
the Mississippi, 105 m. from its 
inou^h, by the course of the river 



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and about 90 in a direct liu^. 
Lon. 90O 8' W. Lat. 29° 57' N. 
Pop. 27,176, of whom 7,355 are 
aves. 

The city is regularly laid out ; 
the streets are generally 40 feet 
wide, and cross each other at 
right angles. On the streets near 
the river the houses are principal- 
Iv of brick, but in the back part of 
the town, of wood. Among the 
public buildings are an arsenal, 
custom-house, hospital, 4 Lancas- 
terian schools, a catholic college, 
female orphan asylum, 2 theatres, 
5 banks, and several chuiches.for 
Catholics, Presbyterians, and 
Episcopalia»s. There are 5 news- 
papers published in the city, 3 of 
which are in Englisi., and the oth- 
er 2 in both French and English. 

New Orleans is admirably situ- 
ated for trade, near the mouth of 
a noble river whose branches ex- 
tend for thousands of miles in dif- 
ferent directions. The river in 
front of the city is crowded with 
boats from a thousand different 
places in the " upper country ;" 
from Kentucky, Tennessee, and 
Missouri ; from Ohio, and even 
rom Pennsylvania and New York. 
In 1325, the value of exports 
v/as 120,972,813, of v.'hich cotton 
constituted |15,241,?75. There 
entered in the district in 1823, 
133,349 tons. The aniount of 
shipping belonging to the port in 
1816, v/as 13,299 tons. In 1823, 
there were 63 steam-boats on the 
western waters connected with 
the commerce of this city, meas- 
uring together about 14,000 tons. 
The island of Orleans is about 
160 miles long, and from 3 to 50 
broad. A levee or artificial mound 
is erected along the side towards 
the Mississippi, to prevent inun- 
dation.— In December 1814, the 



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'Brltisli made an attack oti New 
Orleans, but were repulsed by the 
Americans under General Jack- 
son, with the loss of about 3,000 
men, killed, wounded, and prison 
ers. The loss of the American 
army is stated at only 7 men kill- 
ed, and 6 wounded. 

.^"€10 Paltz, p-t. Ulster co. NY, 
on the Hudson, 15 m. S. Kingston. 
80 S. Albany, 85 N. New York! 
Pop. 4,612. 

JS^'eiu Philadelphia^ p-t. and cap. 
Tuscarawas co. O. in a beautifnl 
plain on the E. bank of the Mus- 
kingum, 50 m. NE. Zanesville, 100 
from Columbus. Here are the 
county buildings and a printing- 
office. Pop. 236. 

J\''ewport^ p-t. Penobscot co, 
Me. 25 m. W. Bangoi-. Pop. 512, 

jYetvport, p-t. Cheshire co. NH. 
43 m. NW. Concord. Pop. 1,679, 
It contains 2 churches, 1 for Bap- 
tists, and 1 for Congregational- 
ists; also several mills and facto- 
lies. 

A'^ewport^ t. Orleans co. Va. 
Pop. 52. 48 m. N. Montpelier. 

JVcwport, CO. RI. Pop. 15,771. 

J\''ewpori, p-t. and cap. Newport 
'0. RI. and semi-metropolis of the 
state, stands on the SW. side of 
Rhode Island, 5 m. from the sea, 14 
S. Bristol, 30 S. by E. Providence, 
72 SSW. Boston. Lon. 71° 17' 
W. Lat. 41° 29' N. Pop. 7,319. 
The harbour, which is one of the 
jincst in the world, spreads west- 
•ivard before tlie town. It is of a 
semi-circular form, of safe and 
easy access, sufficiently capacious 
to contain a large fleet, and deep 
enough for vessels of the largest 
l)urden. It is defended by Port 
Wolcott, erected on Goat island, 
and by Forts Adams and Green. 
On Goat island is a l^ . S. military 
hospifal. 



The site of the town is a beau- 
tiful declivity, Avhich rises gradu* 
ally from the harbour, presenting 
a fine view as you approach it from 
the water. The beauty of its sit- 
uation, and the salubrity of its cli- 
mate, have made it a place of 
fashionable resort from the south- 
ern and middle states duringfthe 
summer months. The public 
buildings are a state-house, mar- 
ket-house, theatre, alms-house, 
library, 5 banks, 2 insurance com-- 
panics, and 11 churches, 4 for 
Baptists, 2 for Congregationalists, 
1 for Episcopalians, 1 for Friends, 
1 for Moravians, 1 for Methodists^ 
and 1 for Jews. 

Newport has some trade with 
the East Indies, Europe, and Cu- 
ba, but is chiefly engaged in the 
coasting trade. In 1819, the a- 
mount of shipping was 10,951 
tons. Tlie fisheries are very val- 
uable ; probably no fish market in 
the world affords a greater varie- 
ty. The manufacturing establish- 
ments are 5 rope-walks, 7 rum dis- 
tilleries, 1 gin distillery, 4 tan- 
neries, 5 gram mills, and 1 duck 
factory. 

JVetrport, p-t. Herkimer co. NY. 
on W. Canada cre«k, 13 m. from. 
Utica, 13 N. Herkimer. Pop. 1,746. 

JVeivpnrt^ v. Orleans co. NY. on 
the canal, 17 m. N. Batavia. A 
newspaper is printed here. 

JS''ewpo7-t, p-t. Luzerne co. Pa. 
Pop. 764. 

JVcioport, r. Ga. commr.nicates 
with the sea by two mouths, be- 
tween which lies St. Catherine's 
island. It is navigable for sloops 
to Riceborough. 

JVewport, p-t. and cap. Cocke 
CO. Te. 216 m. fr. Murfreesboro'. 

JMewport^ p-t. and cap. Camp- 
bell CO. Ky. in an elevated fertile 
plain, on the ©Itio. Jmmetfiatcly 



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above Lickine river, and opposite 
Cincinnati. The public biiildingo 
are a court-house, jail, • market- 
house, an academy, incorporated 
and endowed by the legislature 
with 6,0(X) acres of land; and a 
U. S. arsenal. 

JVeivport. p-t. Washington co.O 
on the Ohio, 11 m. E. iSlarietta. 

JS'ewport, p-t. and cap. Vermil- 
lion CO. In. 

JVeivport, p-t. cap. Franklin co. 
Mo. at thejunction of Buffalo riv- 
er with the Missouri, 50 m. SW. 
St. Charles. 

Kew Portland, p-t. Somerset co. 
Me. Pop. 817. 

J^'eiv Rir.hmoitdy p-t. Clermont 
C». Ohio, on the Ohio, 15 m. SW. 
Williamsburg. Pop. in 1815,230. 

JVeiv River, NC. joins New river 
inlet, 45 WSW. Cape Lookout, in 
Ion. 77° -3fV W. Lat. 34° 27' N. 

A''ew Rochelle, p-t. Westchester 
CO. NY. on East fiver, 20 m. f?om 
New Ifork, 5 S. While plai/is. 
Pop. 1,135. Here is an academy. 

jVewry, t Oxford co. IVIe. 24 m. 
NW. Paris. Pop. 303. 

JVewry, p-t. Huntington eo. Pa. 
Pop. 169. 

J^'ew Salem, p-t. Franklin co. 
Ma. 16 m. E. Greenfield, 80 VV. 
Boston. Pop. 2,146. 

A'ew Sharon, p-t. Kennebec co. 
Me.^ Pop. 1,219. 

A'ew Shoreharn. See Block Isl. 

Kew Smyrna, t. Florida, on the 
W. side of Hillsborough bay, has a 
commodious and safe harbour of 
easy access, with 8 feet at low 
water on the bar. 70 m. S. St. Au- 
gustine. Lat. 280 53' :^\ 

JVev) Stockhridge, Indians, re- 
side on a reservation, 6 miles 
square, in Oneida and Madison 
counties, NY. The number of the 
tribe is about 310, of whom 130 
Itrivo rvvrovpd frem thra ^iac? to 



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Green bay. The Scotcli Society 
for promoting Christian know- 



ledge devote ^444 annually to tho 
support of a missionary at New 
Stockbridge. 

A'ew Swiizerland,t. Switzerland 
CO. In. on the Ohio, settled by 
Swiss emigrants, who cultivate 
the vine. 

A'evdon, jj-t. Middlesex co. Ma. 
on Charles river, 9 m. W. Boston. 
Pop. 1,8.50. At the falls of tiie 
river here, are several paper-rniJIs. 
iron niaiiufictorics, and snuff 
mills. A Baptist theological sem- 
inary has recently been establish- 
ed here. 

JVev'ton, p-t. and cap. Sussex co. 
NJ. Pop. 2,743. 

JVewton, CO. Ga. 

A''€Vjto7t, t. Licking co. O. Pop. 
518. — Miami co. 560. — Trumbull 
CO. irn. SW. Warren. Pop. 438. 
— Muskingum co. Bra. SW. Zaues- 
Mlle. Pop. 1,723. 

Mevftwvn, t. PkOckingham co. 
NH. m m. from Concord, 26 SW. 
I'ortsmouth. Pop. 476. 

A'0wtown, p-t. Fairfield co. Ct. 
on the Housatonnuc, 26 m. NW. 
?vew-Haven, 48 SW. Hartford. 
Pop. 2,879. 

hcwtown, t. Queens co. Long 
island, ^Y. 8 m. E. New York, 
{'op. 2,158. The village is pleas- 
antly situated, and has 3 churche-s, 
for Dutch Reformed, Episcopa- 
lians, and Presbyterians. The 
c.'ilebrated apple, called the New- 
town pippin, takes it? name from 
this place. 

XevAown. See Elmira, NY. 

Xewtown, t. Gloucester co. NJ. 
op. 2,497. 

j'VVitf((>vm,p-t. Bucks co.P^. Pop. 
,060.— t. Cumberland, 1,144. 

A'ewtovra, the seat of govern- 
ment of the Cherokets, pieasant- 
■ V fcitDstP'i in the <'^r&rr> ofthf . mv 



tiun, at ibe confluence of two, exports consist of wheat, Indian 
small streams. A national library corn, rye, beef, park, lumber, &o. 
andniuseura are established here, The value of exports in 1816, was 
and a orinting press is soon to be,. |? 19,690,031; in 1817, |13, 707,433; 
introduced. jin 1320, |il 3,163,244, about one- 

JVtw Utrecht, t. Kings co. NV. [third of which was foreign pro- 
ou the narrowg at the W. end ofiduce. Valuation of real estate ift 
Long Island. 9 m. S. New Vork.;i8-24, -$211,649,495. 
The village contains a Dutch Re-i The Erie cinal is about 3fi5 
formed church and about 40 miles long. The route is as fol- 
houses. Here is the U. S. Fort'lows : Beginning at Albany, on 
ilamilton. |the Hudson, it passes up the west 

i.Vfirpi/tc, t. Cumberland CO. Pa.ibankof that river nearly to the 
Pop. 412. (mouth of the Mohawk, then along 

• JVeiPvineyard^ t. Somerset co.[the south bank of the Mohawk, 
Me. Pop. 594. ito Watervliet, where it crosses 

JVew Hlndsor, p-t. Orange co.lthe river by an aqueduct 4 miles 
NY. on the Hudson, 5 m. below above Cahoos falls, and passes 



Newburgh, lob X. New York. Pop. 
2,425. 



along the N. bank of the river 12 
miles. It then crosses again by 



^V«p York, one of the U. S. .aii aqueduct, and continues along 
bounded N. by Lower Canada ;jthe S. bank, through the counties 
E. bv Vermont, Massachusetts, of Aibanv, Schenectady, Mont- 
and Connecticut ; S. by New Jer- g.^mery, Herkimer, and" Oneida, 
sey and Pennsylvania; and W.'to Rome. From Rome it proceeds 
and NW. by Upper Canada, from in a SW. direction, and crosses 
v.'hich it is separated by lake [Oneida creek, into Madison couu- 
Erie, Niagara river, lake Ontario.jtY. where it turns to the W. and 
and the river St. Lawrence. It passeis through Onondaga county, 
extends fromlat.40° S5 to 45*^ N. approachiiig within a mile and a 
and from Ion. 73*' to 79° 55 W. 'hah of Salina, at the S. end of 
Length on the parallel of 42*'340:Onondaga lake. It crosses Sene- 
miles. Extent 46,000 sq. miles, ca river on the surface at Monte- 
or 29,494,720 acres. Pop. in 1756, zuma, and passing by Lyons and 



110,317; in 1786, -233,897; in 
1790, 340.120; in 1800, 586,050 ; 
in 1810, 959,059; and in 1820, 
1,379,989, of whom lOmS w-r 



Palmyra, crosses the Genesee ri- 
ver by an aqueduct at Rochester. 
West of the Genesee nver, it 
runs on the S. side of the Ridge 



slaves. Militia in 1823. 146, 70.^.! road, and parallel with it for 60 
The exports from New Yorkimiles to Lockport, where it as- 



exceed those of any other state in 
the Union, in amount of shipping 
it is surpassed only by Massachu 



ceads 60 feet and pierces the 
iViountaio ridge. It then turns 
to the SW. and joins Tonnewanta 



setts, and in the value of manu- creek 11 miles from its mouth in 
factures only by Pennsylvania. iNiagara river. The channel of 
Value ofthe manufactures in 1810,|the Tonnewanta is made use of 
$25,370,289. Amount of shipping} for these 11 miles, and the canal 
in 1815, 309,290 tons. Rovenuejthen proceeds in a southerly di- 
^raid in 1815, $15.49I»730. The ruction from tiie mouth of' th» 



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f ounowanta along the east bank 
i>f Niajiara river to Buffiilo on 
Lake Erie. 

This route is divided into three 
sections. The western section 
extends from BulTiilo to Motite- 
auma on Seneca river, 160 miles ; 
through this distance the level ot" 
the canal unirormly dcscendri (Voni 
the lake, and the whole dese-Mit 
fs 194 teet. The middle section 
extends from Montezuma to 
Rome, 77 miles ; through this 
•distance the level of the cp.nal 
uniformly ascends, and the whole 
ascent is 49 feet. The eastern 



atTort Miller falls, where theiv^si 
a canal, half a mile long. From 
Saratoga, the canal passes alonir 
the W. bank of the river, and en- 
ters the month of the Mohawk at 
VVaterford. A branch also crosses 
the Mohawk on its surface and 
joins the Erie canal in Water- 
vliet. The length of the canal, 
including the improved natural 
navigation, is 64 miles. It is 40 
foet wide on the surface, and in 
other respects of the same dimen- 
sions with the Erie canal. The 
amount of lockage is 84 feet. Tiic 
surface of the Hudson at Water- 



section extends from Rome tOjford, is 24 feet above that of th 
Albany, 113 miles: through this lak 



distance the level of the canal 
uniformly descends ; and the 
whole descent is 419 feet. The 
amount of lockage is therefore 
662 feet, and the difference 
level between lake Erie and t!it 
Hudson 564 feet. The delay oc 
casioned at the locks between 
Rome and Albany, has suggested 
the expediency of either a double 
set of locks, or a parallel canal 
along the whole of this section 
The canal is 44 feet wide (in the 
middle section 40) on the surlacc 
28 at the bottom, and 4 feet deep 
It was commenced on the 4th of 
Julv 1817, and completed Oct 
26th, 1825. 

The Champlain canal was com- 
menced 10th June 1818, and com- 
pleted '28th iNJovember 1822. Com- 
mencing at Whitehall on lake 
Champlain, it proceeds 6 miles ^ 
Wood creek. The channel of the 
creek is here made use of for 
about 7 miles, and the canal then 
proceeds to the Hudson at Fort 
Edward. Between Fort Edward 
and Saratoga, a distance of 11 
miles, the channel of the Hudson 
iifnt present made rrw of, except' 



The debt due on the canals 
Jan. 1826, was ^7,737,000, the 
aggregate interest on which is 
^i^4 19,000. The rccei[)ts from 
of tolls, vendue sales, and salt du- 
ties, in 1825, was ^820,000. In 
their report of Jan. 1825, the 
commissioners anticipate that the 
canal del)t will be extinguished 
within the space often years. 

JVew-York, the first commercial 
city in America, is on the island 
of the same name, at the confln- 
ence of Hudson and East rivers, 
in Lat. 40° 42' 4.3" N. and T.on. 
73° 59' 46" W. 90 ra. ?^'E. Fhila- 
d:^lphia, 226 NE. Washington, 210 
SVV. Boston, 140 S. Albany, 390 
S. ?iIontreal. The city, county, 
and island of New York are of the 
same extent. The island is 15 
miles long, and on an average one 
and a half broad ; and is separat- 
ed from New Jersey by the Hud- 
son ; from the continental part of 
New- York by Haerlem river ; 
from Long Island by East river, 
and from Staten Island by New 
York harbour. The ground in 
the centre of the island is ele- 
vated and elopes gradually tb 



f be water. The city is illy pro- 
vided with sewers. An odious 
custom prevails of throwing the 
filth and waste waters into the 
?5treets. The air, in hot weather, 
is thus rendered extremely of- 
fensive, and is a sufficient cause 
of disease, notwithstanding the 
natural salubrity of the place. 
Another and the greatest evil, af- 
fecting the health of the city, is 
the general want of pure water. 
The compact part of the city 



<" :sf B vv 

raviane 1, Swedenborgians 1, Je'WS 
1, and Seamen 1. 

The New York Hospital com- 
prises the hospital for the recep- 
tion of the sick and disabled, and 
the lying-m hospital. The annual 
expenditure is about |40,000. The 
number of patients admitted in 
1825, was 142. A valuable medi- 
cal library of about 3,000 volumes 
is attached to the institution. The 
Lunatic asylum, completed 1821, 
stands on a fine eminence, 7 miles 



is at the S. end of the island, and|N. of the City hall. The expendi- 
extends along the Hudson2miles;lture of the year 1823 was ^15, 456, 
and from the Battery, in the SW.JTlie number of patients admitted 
corner, along East river, 3 miles, was 131. The building has accom' ^ 
Its circuit is about 8 miles. All:modations for 200. The Alms- 
the northern part of the city hasihouse is a plain stone structure oa- 
been recently laid out and is hand-lEast river, 2 miles from the City. 
somely built ; the streets of theihall. In 1825, the number of poor 
southern and ancient part are fre-|in this institution was 1684. The N.' 
quently narrow and crooked, butlYork Eye Infirmary was founded^ 
are every year becoming morejin 1820, by Drs. Edward Dela* 
Convenient. The principal street ;field and J. Kearney Rodgers, and 
is Broadway, which is 80 fcetiincorporated the year following, 
wide, and extends from the Bat-lThe whole number of patients 
tery, in a NE. direction, through from the establishment of the in* 
the" centre of the city, for threejstitution to Jan. 1825 was 3,855^ 
miles. It is generally well built. The patients are from almost ev-i 



and a part of it is splendid 



ery statt 



the Union, and seve-^ 



The City Hull is the most beau-'ral are from the adjacent Britishtj 
tiful edifice in the United States. Inrovinces and the VVest Indies 
It is 216 feet long, 105 wide, and' a he New York Deaf and Dumfe 
including the attic story 65 feetjlnstitution received from May 
high. The front and both ends;i818 to Jan. 1825, 136 pupils.-^ 
above the basement are built ofJThe State prison is on the Hud- 



white marble. The expense was 
|500,000. It is occupied by the 
City Council, in their meetings, 
and by the different courts of 
law. 

The number of churches is 
about 100, viz. for Presbyterians 
22, Episcopalians 18, Methodists 
15, Dutch Reformed 14, Baptists 
12, Friends 4, Independents 3, 
Lutherans 2, Roman Catholics 2, 
IVivefBalists % Unitarians % Mo- 



son at Greenwich, about a mile! 
and a half from the City hall 
The House of refuge for juvenil^ 
delinquents was opened Jan. 1825, 
The building is on the site of thtf 
old U. S. arsenal. Besides thosat' 
already enumerated, there are nu-j 
merous charitable and benevolent* 
institutions for the relief of tho| 
poor, the sick, the aged, the wid- 
ow, the orphan, and the stranger. 
The National Cibte Sofitef v Wsr*? 



organized in 1816. In 1822, a 
building wcis completed, com- 
prising a warehouse, bindery, and 
printing-office, at an expense of 
$22,000 dollars. — The American 
Tract Society, organized in 1825, 
is composed of members of vari- 
ous religious denominations. A 
large and convenient edifice is 
just completed, the expense of 
which is defrayed by individuals 
in the city. 

Columbia College, formerly 
caled King's College, was estab- 
lished in 1754. It is accommo- 
dated with a spacious edifice, and 
has a president, 5 professors, 140 
students, a library of 3,000 or 
4,000 volumes, a valuable philo 
sophicai apparatus, and an annual 
revenue of more than $-4,000, 

The college of Physicians and 
Surgeons is provided with a build- 
ing. It has 7 professors, and is 
one of the most respectable and 
flourishing medical institutions in 
the count'ry. 

The Theological Seminary of 
the Protestant Episcopal Church 
was established in 1820. A build- 
ing is now going up on a beauti- 
ful site upon the bank of the Hud- 
son, at Greenwich village. In- 
struction is given by 4 professors. 
The number of students in 1822 
was 22. 

The New York Institution is in 
the rear of the City Hall Its 
apartments are occupied by the 
Literary and Philosophical So- 
ciety, the Historical Society 
the American Academy of the 
Fine Arts, the Lyceum of Natii- 
ral History, the American Muse- 
um, and the Asylum for the Deaf 
and Dumb. — The New York His- 
torical .Society has a library of 
J(KQOO vohimes, embracing ina.ny 



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rare and valuable works. Anuang 
the literary institutions not alrea- 
dy enumerated, are the American 
Academy of languages and belles 
lettres : the New Vork Society 
library containing about 16,000 
volumes ; the Mechanics' Associ- 
ition before which lectures are 
delivered on science, the mechan- 
ic arts, and trade; the Appren- 
tices' library containing upwards 
of 5,f)00 volumes ; the New York 
Atheneeum recentlv established ; 
also, several academies, and nu- 
merous common schools, a Free 
School Society, and a Wesleyao 
Seminary for' the instruction of 
both sexes. — There are published 
9 daily, 7 serai-weekly, and 6 or 
7 weekly newspapers, and seve- 
ral weekly literary papers. — The 
discipline and whole arrange- 
ments of the fire department are 
not surpassed in any city in 
the United States. — New York 
contains 15 banks, 36 insurance 
companies, a custom-house, aa 
immense exchange, 10 market- 
houses, one of which, the Fuiton 
market, for size, convenience, and 
beauty, is said to be superior to 
any market in Europe ; 2 large 
circuses, the Park and Chatham 
theatres, and Ca tl and other 
public gardens. 

The Battery is a beautiful open 
space, containing several acres, 
at the SW. point of the city. The 
'-•ark is a handsome common, and 
includes the City Hall, New York 
Institution, Debtors' Prison, and 
Bridewell. The Bowling Gieen, 
IS a beautiful spot of about half an 
acre near the lower part of Broad- 
way. The Elgin Botanic Garden 
is three and an half miles from 
the City Hall, and centarins ab^tit 
;20a3Crc!=-. 



iN 1 A 
iNew York is admirablv situated 1 feet. 



ibr commerce, ^on an excellent 
harbour, at the mouth of a noble 
river, with an extensive, fertile 
and populous back country, and 
connected by canals with the ex- 
tensive shores of the great lakes. 
The city owns more shipping than 
any other in the Union, and more 



lu -^ 1 A 

At the precipice the ri 



is three quarters of a mile wide, 
and is divided'hy Goat island into 
2 channels; the channel between 
Goat island and the Eastern or U. 
States' shore, is also divided by a 
small island. Over the precipice 
the river falls perpendicularly 
about 1 60 feet . Much the greater 



than half as much as the city of i part of the water passes ia the 
London. Amount in 1816, 299,61 7 [channel between Goat island and 
tons. Nearly one half of all the I the Canada shore, and this fall is 
foreign goods consumed in the U. [called from its shape the Horse- 
States are landed at the port of|Sh^.i.e fall. Between Goat Jslsnd 
New York. The proportion island the small island in the east- 
every year increasing. • The) em channel, the stream is only 8 
amount of duties secured at theior 10 yards wide, forming a beau- 
custom-house in 1S2.7, Avas about'tiful cascade. Between this small 
616,000,000, which is two-thirdsjisland and the U. .States shore 
of the amount received from the 'the sheet of water is broad, an 
whole Union. Lines of regular [the descent is greater by a fe 
packets are established with Li-ifeet than at the H:;rse-shoe fall 
verpool, London, and Harre. Pop.; but the stream is comparatively 
in 1697, 4,302; 1756, 13,040 ;|shallow. 






3790,33,131 
96,373; 1820, 

168,932, being an increase ot 
45,226, or 37 per cent, in 5 3/ears. 
JMngara, r. through which lake 
Erie discharges itself into lake 
Ontario, is celebrated for its falls, 



1800, 60,489, 1810,1 The falls are seen to advantage 
123,706; in 1825, [from diiferent positions. The 

best single view is that from th gy^.; 
Table rock on the Canada side ;JH j 
and the best view of the rapids isTSe 
from Goat island, which is in- 
jjeniously connected by a bridge 



one of the grandest natural curi-iwith the eastern shore. The view 
osities on the globe. The rivevi from the river below is the most 
flows from S. to N. and is 35 miles' entire. Below the falls, the ri- 
long. At Its efilux from lake Erie ver runs between perpendicular 
it is three quarters of a mile wide,! banks 300 feet high to Queens- 
from 40 to 60 feet deep, and flowsjton, 7 miles ; thence to lake Ou- 
with a current of 7 miles an hour.ltario the country is open. About 
As it proceeds, the river expands 2 miles below the falls, is the 
to the width of 6 or 7 miles, em- Devil's hole, where the current 
bosoming several considerable is forced into a narrow bay bcr- 
islands, particularly Grand andjderedby high rocks, and forms a 
Navy islands, which terminate in! tremendous whirlpool. From 
beautiful points a mile and a half! Lewiston to its mouth, 8 miles the 
above the falls. A little below! river affords a good harbour, 
the termination of these islands,/ JYiagara, co. NY. Sq. m. 448. 
commence the rapids, which ex-! Pop. 7,322. Chief t. Lockport. 
tend a mile to the precipice, i?^. J^tagara, p-t. Niagara co. NY. 
^vhirh space the desfcent is 57-Wt the" fiiTl" 



-)at the fiiTTs. At the. village rtf 



aiT 



i^ 



^ Oii 



Pop. 1,853. 

Pop. 7,973. 

Carlisle. 



J^ociiester extensive and valua- 
ble mills are erected. In this 
town stood Old Fort Schlosser, 
half a mile above the falls. 7 ra. 
above Lewiston, 22 below Buffa- 
lo, 27 W. Lc-ckport. Pop. 434. 

A''i<tgara, v. and fort, in Porter, 
Niagara co. NY. at the mouth 
of the river in lake Ontario. 7 
m. below Lewiston. Lon. 79° 6 
W. Lat. 43° 14' N. 

JVicholas^ co. Va. 
Slaves 48. 

JYichoIas, CO. Ky. 
Slaves *)19. Chief t 

J\''icholasville, p-t. and cap. Jes- 
semine co. Kv. 20 m. SW. Lexing- 
ton. Pop. in'lBlO, 158. Here is a 
bank. 

JVichols, t. Tioga co. NY", on 
the S. side of the Susquehannah. 
10 m. W. Owego. 

J\ricojack, cave, Ga. 20 m. SW. 
Look-Out mountain, and half a 
mile from Teanessee river. A 
river 60 feet wide and 6 feet deep 
issues from itci mouth, which hag 
been explored 3 miles in a canoe. 

JVilg, t. Scioto CO. O. on the 
Ohio, 8 below Portsmouth. Pop 
524. 

A''imishillen, r. O. runs into the 
Muskingum. 12 m. above New 
Philadelphia. 

JVimishillen, 
Pop. 630. 

JVippenose, t. Lycoming co. Pa. 
Pop, 418. 

JViskayuna, t. Schenectady co. 
NY. on the S. side of the Mo- 
hawk, 12 m. NW. Albany. Pop. 
516. The Erie canal here crosses 



Jx'ixonion, t. Pasquotank cJOs 
NC. on Little River, 28 m. NL\ 
Edenton. 

JVoble, t. Morgan co. Ohio. Pop. 
368. 

Kobkborough^ p-t. Lincoln co. 
Me. 16 m. NNE. Wiscasset, 174 
NE. Boston. Pop. 1,553. It has 
a brisk trade in lumber. 

A'^obleviUe, p-t. cap. Hamilton 
CO. In. 

JVocamixon, t. Bucks co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,650. 

JVodaway, r. enters the E. side 
of the Missouri, 37 m. above Cow 
Island. 

JVolachucky, r. Ten. runs into 
French Broad river. 

JVolin^s creek, Ky. runs into 
Green river. 

JVo-Man' s- Land, isl. Duke's 
CO. Ms. Lon. 71° 5' W. Lat. 41° 
15' N. 

JVoriesuch, r. Me. runs into the 
sea, at Scarborough. 

JS^ogveVs Ray, sets up NW. 
from lake Michigan, is 45 miles 
long, and 18 wide. Lon. 83° 20' 
W. Lat. 45° 25' N. 

J^m-folk, CO. Ms. Pop. 36,471. 
Chief t. Dedham. 

Morfolk, p-t. Litchfield co. 
Ct. i^ m. NW. Hartford. Pop. 
jl,422. Here are iron manufac- 
t. Stark CO. Ohio.jtories. 

JVorfolk, p-t. St. Lawrence co. 
NY. on Racket river, SZ m. NE. 
Ogdensburgh. The village stands 
at^the head of boat navigation on 
the river, where are falls. 24 ni. 
from its mouth. 

.Norfolk, CO. Va. Pop. 15,478. 



the Mohawk by an aqueduct 748; Slaves 5,924. 



feet long, and 25 above the sur- 



)ng, 
fth( 



of Shakers, see JVateryliet. 

JVittany Mountain, Pa. extends 
fi-om the Juniatta almost to the 
SiTSftttehaniiah, W. branch. 



JVorfolk, borough, and port o2 
entry, Norfolk co. Va. on the E. 
side of Elizabeth river, just be- 
low the confluence of its two 
branches, and 8 m. above its en- 
trance into Hampton roads^ 124 



IS Oh. gas 

.EBfi. Richmond, 229 SSE. Wash- 
ijigton city. Lon. 76° 23' W. 
Lat. 360 55' N. Pop. 8478. It 
contains a theatre, 3 banks, in- 
cluding abranchof the U.S. bank, 
an academy, marine hospital, or- 
phan asyhim, Lancasterian school, 
athengemn, and 6 churches, 3 for 
Baptists, and 1 each for Episco- 
palians, Freabyterians, Roman 
Catholics, and Methodists. The 
situation is low, and in some pla- 
ces marshy. The principal streets 
are paved and well lighted ; but 
the houses are not remarkable for 
elega.nce. 

The harbour is eaf© and com- 
modious, sufficiently spacious to 
contain 300 ships, and deep 
enough for the largest ressels. 
It is defended by several forts ; 
one of which is on Craney island, 
6 ra. below the to-©n, near the 
mouth of Elicabeth river. The 
commissioners appointed by the 
U. S. to survey the lower pari of j 
Chesnnea' e bay rn lilj, reported 
that Hamp'.Dn roads could be so 
fortified as to prevent t'le en- 
trance of any hostile fleet. 

Norfolk has more foreign com- 
merce than any to-,;'n in Virginia, 
and in 1015, ov,ned more shipping 
than any place in the U. States 
S. of Baltimore, except Charles- 
ton. The amount was 34,705 
tona. By means of the canal to 
Albemarle Sound, the produce of 
a large section of N. Carolina is 
brought to the Norfolk market. 

JVorman's Kill, NV. falls into 
the Hudson, 2 S. Albany. 

Morridgewock, p-t. and cap. 
Somerset co. Me. on both sides of 
Kennebeck river across which 
is a bridge, 35 m. W. by N. Hal- 
lowell, 94 NNE. Portland. It 
Contains a court-house, jail, and 
chi'rrrti fcrr Ocm^egntiona^Tst^. 



iV H 
It is a flourishing place, and haS^ 
most of the trade of the back 
country. Pop. 1,454. 

A^orrision, p-t. and cap. Mont- 
gomery CO. Pa. on the N. side of 
the Schuylkill, contains a court- 
house, bank, and acadeni'.'. 17 
m. NW. Philadelphia. Pop. 1925. 
It was the residence of Dx. Ritten- 
house, the philosopher and phi- 
lanthropist. 

JVortJi, t. Harrison co. O. 8 m. 
N. Cadiz. Pop. 1,118. 

JS'orthampton, p-t. P>.ockingham 
CO. NH. 7 ra. SW. Portsmouth, 
50 from Concord. Pop. 764. 

Northampton, p-t. and cap. 
Hampshire co. Ms. pleasantly 
situated on the W. bank of Con- 
necticut river, in the midst of a 
beautiful country, 18 ra. N, 
Springfield, 42 N. Hartford, 95 
W. Boston. Pop. in 1820, 2,854, 
in 1824, 3,288. The village con- 
tains a handsome court-house, a 

1, an elegant and spacious Con- 
gregational church, a bank, insu- 
rance office, a printing-office, 
from which is issued a weekly 
newspaper. Here are two tan- 
neries, two woollen manufacto- 
ries, and several other manufac- 
turing establishments. The mead- 
ows on Connecticut river at this 
place are very extensive and fer- 
tile. The surrounding scenery is 
romantic and beautiful ; and from 
Mount Holyoke in the immediate 
vicinity, there is one of the most 
extensive prospects m New-Eng- 
land. 



JVorthamp ton, p-t . Mont gomery 
CO. NY. 17 m. NE. Johnstown, 50 
NW. Albany. Pop. 1,291. 

Morihampion, t. Burlington co. 
NJ. 7 m. SE. Burlington. Pop. 
4,833. 

Korthampton^ co. Pa. Pop^ 
31,785. Chipft. Eastern. 



iV (^ R 



J\ortJiampion, p-t. Leliich co. 
Pa. Pop. 1,132— t. Bucks co. 
1,411. 

JVorthampton, co. Va. Pop. 
7,705. Slaves 3,323. 

Northampton^ co. NC. Pop. 
"13,242. Slaves 7,263. 

Northampton^ p-t. Portage co. 
Ohio. 15 m. W. Ravenxia. Pop. 
287. 

North Bend, v. Hamilton co. 
Ohio, on the Ohio, 15 m. below 
Cincinnati. 

Northborough, p-t. Worcester 
•CO. Ms. 11 m. E. Worcester, 36 
W. Boston. Pop. 1,018. Here 
is a forge. 

Northbridge, p-t. Worcester co. 
Ms. 12 m. SE. Worcester, 45 S W. 
Boston. Pop. 905. 

North Bridg-ewater, p-t. Plym- 
outh CO. Ms. 20 m. S. Boston. 

North Brookjield, t. Worcester 
CO. Ms. 60 m. W. Boston. Pop. 
1,095. 

North Castle, p-t. W. Chester 
Co. NY. 33 m. NE. New York 
Pop. 1480. 

North-east, p-t. Dutchess co. 
NY. 24 m. NE. Poughkeepsie. 
Pop. 8,037. 

North-east, p-t. Erie co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,068. 

North-east, r. Md. flows into 
the Chesapeake, 5 SE. Charlest'n. 

Northfield, t. Washinirton co. 
Vt. Pop. 690. 10 m. SVV. Moat- 
pelier. 

Northfield, p-t. Merrimack co. 
NH. on the Merrimack, 14 m. N. 
Concord. Pop. 1,304. 

Northfield, p-t. Franklin co. 
Mass. on both sides of Connecti- 



207 iV O R 

Northfield, t. Portage Co. %. 
Pop. 178. 

Northfiord, p-v. New Haven 
CO. Ct. 10 m. NE. New Haven. 

North Haven, t. New Haven 
CO. Ct. 7 N. New Haven. Pop. 
1,298. 

North Hempstead, p-t. and cap. 
Queen'sco. NY. onthe N. side of 
Long-Island. 20 m. E. New York. 
Pop. 3,249. 

North Hero, p-t. and cap. 
Grand Isle co. Vt. in Lake Cham- 
plain, 26 m. N. Burlington. Pop. 
503. 

North Hill, t. Somerset Co. 
Me. Pop. 481. 

Northington, p-v. and pariiili, 
in Farmington^ Ct. 

North Island, at the mouth of 
the Great Pedee, SC. Lon. 79^ 
3' W. Lat. 330 20' N. 

North Kingston, t. Washington 
CO. RI. on Naraganset bay, 20 m. 
SW. Providence. Pop. 3,007. 
See Wickford. 

North Morelnnd, p-t. Luzerne 
CO. Pa. Pop. 644. 

North Mountain-, a ridge of 
the AUesrhafiies, v.-hich extends 
through Tranklin and Cumber- 
land counties, Pa. 

Northport, p-t. Hancock co. 
Me. on Penobscot bay, 14 m. NW. 
Castine. Pop. 939. 

North Providence, t. Provi- 
dence CO. RI. 4 ra. N. Providence. 
Pop. 2,420. It contains 3 church- 
es " " 



'-'> for Baptists, and 1 for Epis- 
lians ; 2 academies, and a 
bank. See Pawtvcket. 

North river, Ms. runs into 
Massachusetts bay. It is naviga- 



icopal 

h.nnk 



cut river. 



N Greenfield, 94'ble 18 miles to Pembroke for ves- 
NW. Boston. Pop. 1,534. jsels of 300 tons, and for boats to 

Northfield, t. on Staten Island, {the falls, within 3 miles of the 
NY. 5 m. N. Richmond. Pop. [source of Taunton river. 



1 Mn. It ba? 3 chnrch^P. 



North river, Va- riut? info 



TV' # R 208 U © B 

^a'mfes r !ver, at its passage throughj Korfhtcood, p-t^. Rockingboifi 
tlie Blue ridge 



J\''orth Sakniy p-t. Westchester 
CO. NY. 8 m. N. Bedford, 53 i'r. 
6few-York. Pop. 1,165. Here is 
an academy. 

JVorth Stonington, p-t. New- 
London CO. Ct. 50 m. SE. Hart- 
ford. Pop. 2,624. 

A''orthu7nberland, p-t. Coos co. 
KH. on onnecticut river, 130 m. 
N. Concord. Pop. 296. 

JVorlhumberland, p-t. Saratoga 
cxi. NY. on the Hudson, 11 m 
NE. Ballston-Spa, 44 N. Albanv 
Pop. 1,279. 

Moi'thumberland, co. Pa. Pop. 
15,424. Chief t. Sunbury 

ja/'orthwnberland, p-t. at the 
junction of the E. and W. branch- 
es of the Susqiiehannah. 

J^orthumberland^ co. Va. Pop. 
8,016. Slaves 3,268. 

J\''orthiv€st Fork, hundred Sus- 
sex CO. Del. Pop. 3,460. 

^orth-TVest Territory, US. 
bounded N. by the British pos 
sessions ; E. by Michigan Ter. 
9. hy Illinois, and W. by the Mis- 
sissippi. It extends from lat. 42° 
30* to 49° N. and contains about 
140,000 square miles. It consti- 
tutes the county of Crawford, in 
Michigan territory. E.xcept the 
settlements of Prairie du Chien, 
Creen bay, St. Mary's, and a few 
trading posts, the country is oc- 
cupied exclusively by Indians. 
The most remarkable vegetable 
production is the wild rice, a pro- 
lific and highly valuable aquatic 



CO. NH. 20 m. E. Concord. 27 
WNW. Portsmouth. Pop. 1,260, 

Morth Yarmouth, p-t. Cumber- 
land CO. Me. on Casco bav, 12 m. 
N. Portland. Pop. 3,646. It 
contains 4 churches, 3 for Cou- 
gregationalists, and 1 for Baptists^ 
and an academ.y. 

Korton, p-t. Bristol co. Mass. 
8 m. NNW. Taunton, 31 SW. Bos- 
ton. Pop. 1,600. Here is a large 
nail factory. 

JVorton, p-t. Delaware co. O. 
34 m. N. Columbus.— t. Medina 
CO. Pop. 344. 

JVorwalk, p-t. Fairfield co. Ct. 
on Long Island sound, 45 m. NE. 
New York, 3\ SW. New Haven. 
Pop. 3,004. It contains a print- 
ing-office from which a newspa- 
per is issued, an academy, and 3 
churches, 1 for Congregational- 
ists, 1 for Episcopalians, and 1 fot 
Methodists. It owns some ship- 
ping, employed in the coasting 
trade. 

J^'orwalk, p-t. and cap. Huron 
CO. Ohio. 10 m. S. Lake Erie, IQD 
N. Columbus. Pop. 579. 

JVnrway, p-t. Oxford co. Me. 8 
m. SW. Paris. Pop. 1,830. 

JVorwny, p-t. Herkimer co. NY. 
18 m. N. Herkimer, 90 NW. Alba- 
ny. Pop. 1,612. 

JVorv-egan, t. Schuylkill co. Pa. 
Pop. 615. 

Korwich, p-t. Windsor co. Tt. 
on Connecticut river, opposite 
Hanov<er, 21 m. N. Windsor, 40 
SE. Montpelier. Pop. 1884. For 



plant, with which the lakes, riv-| Partridge's academy, see Middle- 
ers, and bays, generally abound. jfcmra, Ct. 



The Southern coast of Lake Su 
perior yields iron, lead, and vari 
OQs other metals, but particularly 
copper, which is found in large 



JVorwich, p-t. Hampshire ca. 
Ms. 12 m. W. Northampton, IGS 
from Boston. Pop. 849. 

J^ortcieh, city, New London co. 



masses vn the river Ontonagon. (?t. on the Thames, at the ft^d oP 



OAK 5U9 

navigation, 13 m. N. New-London, 
23 SE. Hartford, 45 WSW. Pro- 
vidence. Lat. 4P S4' N. Lon. 72° 
5' W. Pop. 3,634. The Thames 
forms a safe and commodious 
harbour. In the Yantic, a branch 
of the Thauies, is a cataract a 
mile from its mouth, remarkable 
for its romantic scenery, and af- 
fording 'fiae sites for mills and 
maiiufactorie:^. 

jN'orwich consists of three dis- 
tinct and compact settlements : 
Chelsea landing romantically sit- 
uated at the point of land between 
Shetucket and Yantic rivers, and 
the seat of m.ost of the commer- 
cial business of the place ; the 
Town, 2 miles NW. of Chelsea, 
containing the court-house, and 
some other public buildings ; and 
Bean hill, a pleasant settlement in 
the western part of Norwich. 
There are within the town a 
court-house, jail,bank, 2 insurance 
'•ompanies, and G- churches, 2 for 
<Jongregalionaliots, 2 for Metho- 
dists, 1 tor Episcopalians, and 1 
for Baptists. Among the manu- 
iacturing establishments are 1 
woollen factory, 1 cotton factory, 
tl manufactories of morocco leath- 
er, 2 paper-mills, 5 tanneries, 1 
carding-machine, 6 grain-mills, 
and 6 saw-mills. 

J'\orwich, p-t. and cap. Chenan- 
go CO. NY. on the Chenango, 8 m. 
N. Oxlbrd, 100 W. Albany : with 
a ffourishmg and handsome village 
containing a court-house, jail, 
and bank, 2 churches, 1 for Pres- 
byterians, and 1 for Baptists, an 



academy, and a printing-oOice 
Pop. 3,257. 

J\T3rtcic/t,t.Franklin co.O.on the 
Scioto,7m. above Columbus. 257. 

JVoich. See White Mountains. 

JVoitaway, CO. V a.. Pop. 9,658. 
Slaves 6,676. 

.. JVottaioay, r. rises in Va. receives 
Blackwater river, and unites with 
the Meherrin in NC. to form the 
Chowan. 

JVottingham, p-t. RockiiBgliani 
CO. NH. 25 from Concord, 23 NW. 
Portsmouth. Pop. 1,120. 

JYoitingham, West, p-t. Hills- 
borough CO. NH. on the E. side of 
the Merrimack,,40 m. S. Concord. 
45 N. Boston. Pop. 1,227. 

JVottinghum, t. Burlington cd. 
NJ. Pop. 3,633. 

JVuttingham, t. Washington co. 
Pa. Pop. 2,0dQ.— East, t. Ches- 
ter CO. 1,486.— PFes^ 474. 

JVottingham, p-t. and port of 
entry. Prince George co. Md. on 
the Patuxent, 23 m. SE. Washing- 
ton. Shipping in 1816, 1,473 tons. 
—East, t. Cecil co, 10 m. fr. 
Charlestown. 

J\'otlingham, t. Harrison en. 
Ohio, 7 m. W. Cadiz. Pop. 1,529. 

JVowaduga, r. NY. runs into 
the Mohawk, at Danube. 

A^oyer creek, small r. Pike co. 
Mo. falls into the Mississippi. 

JK"ulhegan, r. Vt. joins the Con- 
necticut at iVIinehead. 

JVunda, p-t. Alleghany co. NY. 
14 m. N. Angelica. Pop. 1,188. 
Here are two falls in Genesee riv- 
er, a mile apart, 1 of 60 feet, and 
1 of 90. 



Q 



OaA% isl. at the mouth of Caj 
Fear river, NC. on v/hich is a I 
.<. Fort; 



I Oakham, p-l . Worcester co, 
Lviass. 9 m. NW. Worcester, 05 
'-^W. Boston. PoT>. 9r,6. 



a H I 210 ® H 1 

Oakland, co. Michigan. Chief] Ohio, co. Va. Pop. 9.182. Slaves 
t. Fontiac. Pop. in 1825, 4,000. |409. Chief t. Wheeling. 

Oakley, p-t. cap. Seneca co. O.i 0/ao, co. Ky. Pop. 3,S79. Slaves 



O. 
Oakmulgee, r. Ga. joins the|468 
Oconee to form the Alatamaha. 
Oakor chard, p-t. Orleans co 



Chief t. Hartford. 
Ohio, one of the U. S. bounded 
N. by Michigan Territory and 



KY. on lake Ontario, at the mouth jlake Erie; E. by Pennsylvania; 
of a creek of the same name, 28t.SE. by Virginia ; S. by Kentucky 



in. N. Batavia 

Ochlockonee. See Okelockonee. 

Oconee, r. Ga. rises in the NW 
part of the state, and running 
SSE. 160 miles, joins theOakmul- 
jree to form Alatamaha river. 



and W. by Indiana. It extends 
^rom 380 30' to 42° N. lat. and 
.from 80° 32' to 84° 50' W. Ion. 
■Ixtent, 40,000 square miles, or 
25,800,000 acres. Pop. in 1791, 
J3,000; in 1800,42,156; in 1810, 



'^ Ocrac/)A;e/rtZef, navigable chai!-| 230, 760'; in 1820, 581,434; and 
Bel on the coast of NC. between i a 1824, more than 700,000.^ The 
Albeniprle and Pamlico sounds, seat of government is at Colum- 



Lat. 340 55' N. 7 leagues south- 
west half-west of Cape Hattera 
The bar has 14 feet at low w; 
ter. 

Octararo, r. fall 



bus. 

The Ohio canal will connect 

the Ohio river with lake Erie. 

I The route is as follows : — Begin- 

s into the E.rt^Msf on the Ohio at Portsmouth. 



side of the Susquehannah, in Md.,jthe oanal passes N. by Piketon, 



Ogden, p-t. Monroe co. Nl on 
the canal, 12 m. W. Rochester 
Pop. 1435. 



CMilicothe, and Circleville, to thfe 
S. part of Franklin co. ; it then 
turns to the E. and afterv/ards to 



Ogdensburgh, p-v. port of en-|the NE. passing by Nev/ark, Co- 
try, and cap. St. Lawrence co.'shocton, and New Philadelphia; 
NY. at the confluence of the Os-;thence it proceeds N. through 
wegatchie v/iththeSt. Lawrence. 1 Stark county, along the W. bor- 
It has a safe and spacious harbour. 'iler of Portage county, and 
and is well situated for trade, jthrough Cuyahoga county to 
Two steamboats ply from thisjCleveiand, on lake Erie. Th(^ 
place through the lake to Lewis- whole length of the canal is 322 
ton. The village is regularly laid|milcs. The amount of lockage 



out, and contains a court-house, 
jail, and printing-office. Pop. in 
1825, 1262. 60 m. below Kings- 
Ion, UC. 130 above Montreal, 63 
NE. Sacket's harbour, 116 N. 
Utica, 120 W. Pittsburgh, 209 
NW. Albany, about 250 from Lew- 
iston. 

Ogeechee, r. Ga. flows into 
Ossabaw sound. 

Oglethorpe, co. Ga. Pep. 14026. 
Slavejs 7,338. Chief t. Lexington. 

Ohio, t. Alleghany co. Pa. Pop. 
1 ,477.— Beavfr Co. 1.07;^;. 



1105 feet. The estimated ex- 
pense is 12,800,000. The exca- 
vation v/as commenced July 4th, 
1825, and in December follow if ag, 
44 miles of the route had been put 
under contract. 

The Miami canal e.vtends from 
Dayton on Miami river to Cincin- 
nati on the Ohio, a distance of 
60 miles. It was commenced 
July 21, 1825, and in December 
foU'ov/ing, more than two-thirds 
of the line had been put under 
c^ntraei. 



O J L Zi 

initio, r. formed by the conflu-l 
ence of the Alleghany and Mo- 
iiongaliela at Pittsburg, Pa. It I 
flows in a S\V. direction for 945! 
miles, separating Oino and India- 
na, from Virginia and Kentucky, 
and falls into the Mississippi 193 
m. below the Missouri, in N. lat. 
370 and W. Ion. 88°. The dis- 
tance from Pittsburg in a direct 
line to the mouth of the Ohio is 
only 614 miles. The river varies 
in breadth from 400 to 1 ,400 yards. 
At Cincinnati, it is about 800 
yards, which may be regaided as 
the mean breadth. Its current is 
very gentle, and no where broken 
by any considerable falls, except- 
ing at Louisville. The water 
there descends 22 feet in 2 miles, 
producing a very rapid current ; 
yet boats have notwithstanding 
frequently ascended. A canal 
around these rapids has long been 
in contemplation. 

The difference between high 
and low water on the Ohio is 
usually about 50 feet, and some- 
times 60 feet. When lowest, it 
may be forded in several places 
above Louisville. The greatest 
depression is generally in August, 
September, and October; the 
greatest rise in December, March, 
May, and June. Near Pittsburg, 
it is frozen over almost every win- 
ter for several v/eeks. Generally 
the navigation is suspended by 
floating ice during 8 or 10 weeks 
of the Avinter. 

Ohio, t. Gallia co. O. on the 
Ohio, 12 below Gallipoiis. Pop. 
482. Clermont, 2,791. Monroe, 
317. 

Ohio, t. Knox co. In. Pop. 877. 

Ohiopyle, falls, in the river 
Youghiogeny, 30 ni. fr. its mouth 

Oil creek. Pa. runs into the Al- 
V^han=<% 6 m. K. Franklin. On 



1 O I, 1 

the surface of the creek at its 
'.source floats an oil, which has 
valuable medicinal [>roperties. 

Oil creek, p-t. Crawford co. Pa. 
Pop. 495. 

Okaio river. See Kaskaskia. 

Okefonoko, or Eokefanokc, or 
Oiiaqi(aphenog'aM\ or Eokanfano- 
ka or Okerfonoke, or Okcfauno- 
cait, or Ecvnfmocau. or Oke-fin- 
o-cau, a swamp, 180 miles in cir- 
cumference, lying partly in Geor- 
gia, and partly in Florida. St. 
Mary's river rises in this swamp, 
in lat. 300 34' 48" N. ; and the 
issues from it on the 



r^uwaney, 
SW. 

Oke-lock-onne, r. rises in Geor- 
gia, and flows into Appalachy bay 
in lat. 303 iqo jv. ion. 84© 25' W. 

Okoa, T. Al. a tributary of the 
Tennessee, 

Old Faliz, v. Ulster co. NY. on 
the Wallkiil, over vrhich is a 
good bridge. It is a Dutch set- 
tlement of about 20 houses with a 
church. 

Old Point. See Point Cmnfort. 

Olean, pronounced 0-le-ann, 
p-t. Cataraugus co. NY. Olean, or 
Hamilton village, stands at the 
head of navigation on the Alleg- 
hany, which here receives Olean 
creek. It is eligibly situated for 
trade, and is a great thoroughfare- 
Here is a printins-oiiice. 33 m. 
SW. A.-.gelica, 41 WSW. Bath, 
115 SW. Geneva, 20 SE.Ellicott- 
ville, 70 by water from Warren, 
Pa. 230 from Pittsburgh. Pop. 
700. 

Olcy, t. Berks co. Pa. Pop. 
1,410. 

Olive, t. Ulster co. NY. 12 in. 
W. Kingston. 

Olive, t. Meigs co. Ohio. Pop. 
485. p-t. Morgan co. 520. 

Olive-green^ t. ^lorean co. Ohio-. 



O^- A 



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O i\ T 



Umaioh 



)haws, or Mohas^ Indians, low is a post-village in this town, 



about 1,500 in number, reside in 
village on Elkhorn river, a branch 
of the Platte, GO m. NW. Council 
Bluff. 

Ompomponoosuc, r. Vt. runs 
into the Connecticut at Nor- 
wich. 

Oneida, co. NY. Sq. m. 1,136. 
Pop. 50,997. Chieftowns, Whites- 
borough and Rome. 

Oneida, lake, NY. 20 miles long 
and 4 broad, receives Wood 
creek, and communicates with 
lake Ontario by Oswego river. 

Oneidn, creek, NY. runs into 
Oneida lake. 

Oneida, p-v. Oneida co. NY. on 
the creek, 22 m. W. Utica. 

Oneidas, Indians, Oneida co. 
NY. reside on a reservation of 
about 20,000 acres of land. Their 
number is upwards of 1,100, 
They have a very neat church, 
and an Episcopal clergyman re- 
sides among them. A part of the 
tribe have removed to Green bay. 

Onekg, t. Tuscarawas co. O. 
Pop. 823. 

Onion, large r. Vt. rises in Ca- 
bat, and after a W. course of 70 
miles, falls into lake Champlain, 
5 m. N. Burlington. It is naviga- 
ble 5 miles for^small vessels, and 
for boats 40 miles to the falls. 
Between Colchester and Burling- 
ton it has worn through the rock 
a chasm 65 feet deep ; and be- 
tween Duxbury and Watcrbury 
another 100 feet deep, 

Onondaga, co. NY. Sq. m. 522. 
Pop. 41,467; in 1S25, 48,435. 

Onondaga, p-t. and cap. Onon- 
daga CO. NY. 134 m. W. Albany. 
41 S. Oswego. The village of 
Onondaga, or West hill, stands 
on a high hill, and <;ontains n 
I'ourt-house, jail, 2 churches, and 



situated in a valley 1 m. E. of the 
court-house. It contains a church, 
academy, printing-office, and 
state arsenal. A canal leads from 
this village, 4 miles, to the Erie 
canal at Syracuse. Pop. 5,552. 

Onondaga, lake, NY. 7 miles 
long, and 3 broad, communicates 
with Seneca river. On its bor- 
ders are the celebrated Salt 
Springs. See Salina. 

Onondagas, Indians, formerly 
one of the most powerful of the 
confederacy of the Six Nations. 
Their whofe number is about 500, 
of whom 250 live on a reservation 
5 miles long, and two and a half 
wide, 3 m. S. Onondaga-hollow. 
The remainder reside on Buffalo 
creek, Alleghany river, and in 
Canada. 

Onslnio, CO. NC. Pop. 7,016. 
Slaves 2,777. Chief t. Swansbo- 
rough. 

Ontanagon, often called Te- 
naugon, r. NW. Ter. rises in the 
mountainous country between 
lakes Superior and Michigan, and 
after a course of 120 miles, flows 
into lake Superior 320 m. W. of 
St . Mary's river, 50 W. of Ke- 
weena point, in lat. 46° 52' 2 " N. 
On the banks of this river, 32 m. 
from thelake,are valuable copper 
mines. The noted mass of native 
copper is on the W. bank of the 
river, at the v/ater's edge, imbed- 
ded in a rock of about 5 tons 
weight, and the quantity of me- 
tallic copper in it is estimated by 
Mr. Schoolcraft at 2,200 lbs. be- 
ing probably the largest piece of 
pure native copper in the world. 

Ontario, lake, between N Y. and 
Upper Canada, is 171 miles long, 
.59 broad, and 467 in circumfe- 
rence. It receives the waters of 



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aad discharges itself through the 
l-iver St. Lawrence. 

Ontario^ co. NY. Sq. m. 634. 
Pop. 35,312. Ch'f t. Canandaigua. 

Ontario, p-l. Wayne co. NY. 
on lake Ontario. 17 m. NVV. Ly- 
ons. Pop. 2,233. Here are an 
ore bed and 3 forges. 

Oochilogee, a station of the 
United Brethren in the Cherokee 
country, established 1821. 30 ni. 
from Spring-place. 

Ook-tih-he-ha^ creek. Mi. runs 
into the Tombigbee from the W. 
nearlat. 33° 20' N. and Ion. 88^3' 
W. ; another runs into the Chicka- 
sawhay. 

Oosienalah, r. Ga. in the Chero- 
kee country, joins the Etowah. 

Opelousas, CO. ha. Pop. 10,085. 
Slaves 3,951. 

Opelousas, p-t. cap. Opelousas 
CO. La. 60 in. W. Baton Rouge 

Oppenheim, p-t. Montgomery 
CO. NY. on the N. side of the Mo 
hawk, 15 m. W. Johnstown, 56 
W. Albany. Pop. 3,045. 

Oguago., T. ui Windsor, Broome 
CO. NY. on the Delaware, 16 m 
E. Binghamton. 

Orange, t. Grafton co. NH. 14 
m. SSW. Plymouth, 40 from Con- 
cord. Pop. 298. 

Orange, co. Vt. Pop. 24,681 
Chief t. Chelsea. 

Orange, p-t. Orange co. Vt. 13 
m. SE. Montpelier. Pop. 751. 

Orange, p-t. Franklin co. Ms 
Pop. 829. 

Orange, t. New Haven co. Ct. 
incorporat.^d in 1822. 5 m. SW 
New Haven. 

Orange, co. NY. Sq. m. 609 
Pop. 41,213. Chief tov/ns, Go- 
shen and Newburgh. 

Orange, p-t. Es^sex co. NJ. ad- 
joining Newark. Pop. 2,830. It 
lias an academy. Here is also 
S. medicinal snrincr. 



Orange, co. Va. Pop. 12,9i';. 
Slaves 7,518. Chief t.' Stanards- 
ville. 

Orange, co. NC. Pop. 23,420. 
Slaves 6,153. Chief t. Hillsbo- 
rough. 

Orange, 6 towns, Ohio. viz. t. 
Cuyahoga co. Pop. 148. Dela- 
ware, 239. Meigs, 835. Rich- 
land, 440. Shelby, p-t. Trumbull. 

Orange, co. In. Pop. 5,368. 
Chief t. Paoli. 

Orangeburg, dist. SC. Pop. 
15,653. Slaves 8,829. 

Orangeburg, p-t. and cap. Or- 
angeburg dist. SC. on North Edis- 
to river, 40 m. SSW. Columbia, 
7 Ni\ W. Charleston. Here is aa 
academy. 

Orangetown, p-t. Washington 
CO. Me. 19 m. E. Machias. 

Orangetown, t. Rockland co. 
NY. 28 m. N. New York. Pop. 
2,257. Here is an academy. 

OraTigeville, p-t. Genesee co. 
NY. Pop. 1,556. 22. m. S. Ba- 
tavia. 

Oregon, a territory which com- 
prises the part of the U. States, 
lying W\ of the Rocky moun- 
tains. It extends from lat. 42° to 
49° N. and from Ion. 115° to 12-5^ 
W^ It is 695 miles long, 400 
broad, and contains 375,000 so. 
miles. 

Orford, p-t. Grafton co. NH. 
on Connecticut river, 17 m. N. 
Hanover, 10 S. Haverhill, 60 
from Concord. Pop. 1,568. 

Oriskany, creek, NV\ runs N. 
20 miles, and falls into the iNIo- 
hawk. 

Oriskany, p-v. Oneida co. NY. 
on the Erie canal, which hern 
crosses Oriskany creek. 7 m. NW. 
Utica. Here is an extensive 
woollen factory. 

Orland, p-t. Hancock co. Me. 
on the E. side of the Vtrndb- 



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; \ 0^ 17 m. N. Castine. Pop. GIO. 

Orleans, co. Vt. Sq. m. 850. 
Pop. 6,976. Chief t. Irasburg. 

Orleans, p-t. Barnstable co. 
Ms. 20 m. E. Barnstable, 85 SE. 
Boston. Pop. 1,343 

Orleans, co. NY. formed out of 
the N. part of Genesee co. 

Orleans, t. Jefferson co. NY 
on the St. Lawrence, about 10 m. 
N. Watertown. 

Orieans, parish, La. Pop. (with- 
out New Orleans city) 14,175, 
Slaves 7,591. 

Orono, or Indian Old Town, 
p-t. and isl. Me. in Penobscot ri- 
ver, just above the Great Falls. 
Here are about 100 families of In- 
dians, the remains of the Penob- 
scot tribe, with a Roman Catholic 
church and priest. 5 m. N. Ban- 
gor. Pop. 415. 

Orrington, p-t. Penobscot co. 
Me. on the E. side of the Penob- 
scot, 5 m. S. Bangor, 32 N. Cas- 
Jino. Pop. 1,049. 

Orrinr.burgh, t. Alleghany co. 
ISY. 

Orville, p-v. Onondaga co. NY. 
at the head of a branch canal 
leading to the Erie canal. 5 m. 
NW. Manlius village. 

Orwell, p-t. Rutland co. Vt. on 
lake Champlain, opposite Ticon- 
deroga, 20 m. NW. Rutland. Pop. 
1,730. 

Orwell, t. Oswego co. NY. on 
Salmon river, which here has a 
perpendicular fall of more than 
100 feet. 12 m. E. Pulaski. Pop. 
488. 

Orivell, p-t. Bradford co. Pa. 
Pop. 713. 

Onvigsbnrgh, p-t. bor. and cap. 
.Schuylkill co. Pa. 27 m. NW. 
Reading. Pop. 600. Here is an 
academy 



Great and Little Osages, and live 
in two separate villages, which 
are six miles apart, on the banks 
of the Osage river, 360 m. above 
its junction with the Missouri, ill 
lat. 37° N. and Ion. 96° 40' W- 
Their whole number is estimated 
at 6,000, of whom about 4,000 are 
Great and 2,000 Little Osages. 
The distinction between them is 
merely nominal, as they form parts 
of one nation. The Osages of the 
.Arkansas are 2,000 in number, 
residing 150 miles SW. of the 
Great and Little Osages. Their 
principal village is on Verdigris 
river, but they have another on 
Grand river, 25 m. from its junc- 
tion with the Arkansas, in lat. 35° 
30' N. and Ion. 970 20' W. The 
United Foreign Missionary Soci- 
ety have stations among tlie 
Osages. See Union and Harmonij. 

Osage, r. rises in the Ozark 
mountains near the source of 
White river, and running KE. 
joins the Missouri, by 2 mouths, 
133 m. from the Mississippi, in 
lat. 380 31' N. and Ion. 92° W. 

Osage Fort, on the S. bank of 
the Missouri, 142 m. by the course 
of the river above Chariton. Lat. 
38° 40' N. 

Osage Woman, r. Mo. falls into 
the N. side of the Missouri, 40 m. 
from the Mississippi. 

Osnaburg, t. Stark co. O. 5 m. 
E. Canton. Pop. 813. 

Ossabaw, isl. Ga. at the month 
of the Ogechee. Lon . 81° 1 7' W. 
Lat. 31° 42' N. Ossabaw Sound, 
is tlie inlet, between this island 
and Great Warsaw. 

Ossian, t. Alleghany co. NY, 
Pop. 921. 20 m. NE. Angelica. 

Ossipee, lake, NH. covering aa 
area of about 7000 acres, commu- 



Osage Indians. The Osages oyTinicates with Saco riv 
.ihe MissoKvif arc divided into! Osiv)?^?, a range of m.oirntffins, 



o .-^ vv 

IVHL extending 'about 8 miles to 
tiie E. from lake Winnipiseogee. 

Ossipee^ p-t. Strafford co. NH. 
60 m. NE. Concord. Pop. 1,793. 

Osviegatchie, t. St. Lawrence 
CO. NY. on the St. Lawrence. 
Pop. in 1825, 3,155. 

Oswegatchie, r. runs into tlie 
>St. Lawrence at Ogdensbui^, af- 
ter a course of 120 miles. 

Osioego, CO. NY. Sq. m. 960. 
Pop. 12,374; in 1825, 17,875. Chf 
towns, Pulaski and Oswego. 

Osivego, p-t. port of entry, and 
half shire, Oswego co. NV. on 
both sides of Oswego river, at its 
mouth. The moutli of the river 
Ibrms a good harb-jur, which has 
10 feet v.ater on the bar and is 
defended by a fort on the E. side. 
A bridge about 7G0 feet long, 
erected across the river at the 
head of the harbour, connects the 
two parts of the village which are 
railed East and West Oswego. 
From the mouth of the river, a 
canal extends a mile and a quar- 
ter along the eastern bank, to the 
head of the Oswego rift, half a 
mile above the village. The ca- 
nal ia sufficiently large for the 
purposes of navigation, but its 
])rincipal use is in furnishing wa- 
ter-power for mills, which may be 
erected along its banks through a 
distance of nearly half a mile. 
The trade of this place is very 
considerable and is rapidly increa- 
sing. The village contains a 
court-house, jail, and a printing- 
press from which a weekly news- 
paper is issued. Oswego is an 
intportant military poet, and is 
celebrated in the history of Ame- 
rican wars. 36 m. NNW. Salina, 
60 E. Rochester, 56 SW. Sach- 
et's harbour, 72 WNW. Utica, 
168 NW. Albany. Lon. 7G<5 35' W. 
fat.4rP28'N Pop. 992-. 



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OswegOy r. NY. jo?ns Sfcne'CA 
river and the outlet of Oneida 
lake at Three river point, and 
gives name to the united stream, 
which after a course of 24 miles 
flows into lake Ontario at Oswego 
There are falls 12 miles from its 
mouth. Including the falls the 
wh(»ie descent of the river in this 
distance is about 100 feet. From 
the head of the falls, boats now 
pass to Onondaga lake, and theuc^i 
to the Erie canal. 

Oswego falls^ p-v. Oswego co. 
NY. The name indicates tiie JM)- 
sition of the place. Here is a 
bridge across the river, nearly 80V 
feet long. A number of mills are 
erected at the falls. In the vicin- 
ity is a quarry of free-stone. 60 
m. E. Rochester. 

Oiego^ p-t. Otsego co. NY. on 
the Susquehannah, which here re- 
ceives Otego creek. 20 m. SW. 
Cooperstown. Pop. 1,416. 

Otis, p-t. Berkshire co. Ms. 20 
m. SE. Lenox. Pop. ,981. 

Otisco, p-t. Onondaga co. NY. 
8 m. SW. Onondaga, 50 W. Utica. 
Pop. in 1825, 1,862. 

Otisco, lake, NY. 4 miles long, 
discharges its watera tlirouglj 
Otisco creek, 15 miles long, iuta 
Onondaga lake, at Salina. 

Otisfield, t. Cumberland co. Ma. 
40 m. N. Portland. Pop. 1,107. 

OUks, Indians, reside in a vil- 
lage on the S. bank of the Platte, 
80 m. above its conriaence with 
the Missouri, 30 SW. Coun<;ii 
Bbiff. Number about 1,400. 

Otsego, CO. N Y. sq. m. 935. Pop. 
44,856. Chief t. ("ooperstown. 

Otsego, t. Otsego co. NY. on 
the Susquehannah, which here Is^- 
sues from Otsego lake. The Hope 
Factory, in this town, is one of 
the largest cotton factories in the. 
State. It is lQca.ted at UopeTfTle , 



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'a'arHall village, on Oaks creek, 3|du Chien, by a mouth 801) yanls' 
wiles S. of Cooperstown. Theiwide. It is a rapid river, 4 feet 
niachineryalready employed, con- j deep, full of shifting sands. See 
«ists of 1,600 spindles, 2 dressers ;Fo3? River. 

and 37 power looms whicli pro-i Oulekill, small r. NY. joins 
duce weekly about 7,000 yards of Hoosack river, in White-creek, 
sheeting and shirting, and con-| Ouleout, sma\\ r. NY. joins the 
isumc about 80,000 lbs. of cotton jSusquenanuah, in Sidney, 
annually. In 1825, a new stone i Overton., co. Te. Pop. 7,128. 
building was erected 135 by 46 Slaves G65. Chief t. Monroe, 
feet, into which the machinery Oj'?!rf, p-t, and half shire, Sene- 
was shortly to be introduced, en- ca co. NY. is bordered on the E. 
largedto 2,500 looms and 56 pow- by Cayuga lake, and on the W. by 
or looms. 28 m. SE. Utica, 66 Seneca lake. The village stands 



W. Albany. Pop. in 1825, 3,817. 

Otselic, p-t. Chenango co. NY. 
on Otselic creek which falls into 
the Tioughnioga. 17 m. NW. Nor- 
wich. Pop. 526. 

Otsquaga, creek, NY. runs into 
the S. side of the Mohawk, be- 
tween Minden and Canajoharie. 

Ottawas, Indians, 3 or 4,000 in 
number, inhabiting various parts 
of Michigan and Indiana. 

Otter creek, large r. Vt. falls in- 
to Lake Champlain, at Ferris- 
burgh. It is navigable for sloops 
8 miles to Vergennes, where are 
falls of 40 feet. 

Otter creek, Va. runs mto the 
Staunton, in about Ion. 79° 30' W. 
lat. 36'5 55'N. 

Otter creek, a fine mill stream, 



on elevated ground, sloping to the 
waters on each side. It contains 
a court-house, jail, church, and 
printing-office from which a 
ncw.spaper is issued. 18 S. Wa- 
terloo, 18 SSE. Geneva. Pop. in 
1825, of village 407 ; whole town, 
2,854. 

Ovid, t. Jackson co. 111. 15 m. 
S. Brownsville. 

Owasco, p-t. Cayuga CO. NY. on 
Owasco lake, 5 m. SE. Auburn. 
Pop. 1,290. 

Owasco, lake, NY. is 11 miles 
long, and 1 or 2 wide. The 
outlet, Owasco creek, is 15 miles 
long, and falls into Seneca river 
iu Mentz. 

Owe^;o, p-t. and halfshire, Tioga 
Susquehannah, 



CO. NY. on the 
Ind. flows into the E. side of thel which here receives Owego creek 
Wabash, 1 m. above Fort Harri-jThe village is handsomely built, 
son. and contains a court-house, jail, 

Otto, t. Cataraugus co. NY. 10 printing-office, and 2 churches. 
m. NW. Eliicottville. 29 m. SSE. Ithaca, 20 NE. Athens, 

Ouachitia. Sea PP'achiita. Pa. 170 W. Albany. Pop. 1,741. 

Ouiaioti, or Ouifanon, v. and| Owen, co. Ky. Pop. 2,031. 
fort, Ind. on the N. side of the! Slaves 207. Chief t. Owenton. 
Wabash, 402 m. above its mouth, i Owen, co. Ind. Pop. 838. 
130 above Vincennes. Lon. 87° Owcnsburgh, p-t. cap. Davies 
58' W. Lat. 40° 30' N. The Wa-ico. Ky. 

bash is navigable to this place; Owingsville, p-t. and cap. Batli 
■with keel boats. 

Ouisconsin, t. NVi. Ter. which 
■funs into the Minsissippi irt Prairie 



CO. Ky. 

Oivl creek, Ohio, joins the Md- 
hiccan to form WHiitc woman's cr. 



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OwVs Head, the W. cape at the 
entrance of Penobscot bay, Me. 

Oxhow. See Meiohury. 

Oxford, CO. Me. Pop. 27,104. 
Chief t. Paris. 

Oxford, p-t. Worcester co. M. . 
12 m. E. Worcester. Pop. 1,5G2. 

Oxford, p-t. New,Haveii co.Ct. 
14m.NW.New Haven. Pop.l,6a3. 

Oxford, p-t. Chenango co. NY. 
on Chenango river. The valley 
is here 240 rods wide, and is bor- 
dered on each side by hills rising 
gradually from the river to the 



PA 1 

Talbot CO. Md. on the Treadlta- 
ven, 13 m. S. by W. Easton, 4;> 
SE. Baltimore. Shipping in 181t>, 
13,204 tons. 

Oxford, p-t. Grail ville co. NC. 
30 m. N. by W. Raleigh, has a 
church and 2 academies. 

Oxford, p-t. Butler co. Oiiio, 
35 m. NW. Cincinnati, 110 SW. 
Columbus. Pop. 1,G5«. The Mi- 
ami University, established in this 
tovirn, was chartered in 1809. It 
was endowed by the Congress of 
the U. States, ynVn the township 



lieight of 400 feet. The limits ofjof Oxford. Its fumls now yield 
the village comprise an area oijan annual income oi" .$4000. A 



425 rods square, embracing both 
banks of the river, which are here 
connected by a bridge, 400 ieet 
long. The village is handsomely 
built, and contains 2 churches, 1 
for Episcopalians, and 1 for Pres- 
byterians, an academy, and a print- 
ing-office, from whicli a wet.-kly 
newspaper is issued ; also several 
mills and manufactories. Here 
are the remains of an ancient fort, 
of the origin of which no satisfac-iis an academy 
toTV account has been arisen. 8| Oyster Ponds, \i 
m. S. Norwich, 5G S. TJtica, llOiNV. 



college edifice is erected, and in 
Nov. 1824, tlie institution was 
opened under the instruction of 
a president and 2 proff ssors. 

Oxford, 5 other towns, O. vi.z, 
t. Tuscarawas co. Pop. 193.- — 
Guei'usev, 915. — Coshocton, 45i.;, 
p-t. Delaware,205.— t. Huron,42J. 

Oyster Bay, p-t. Quuen's co, 
NY. on Long Island Sound, 28 m. 
E. New York. Pop. 5518. Ilevci 



Suffolk 00. 



W. CatskiU, 153 W. Newburgh, 
108 W. Albany. Lon. 75° 30' W. 
Lat. 42° 27 K Pop. in 1825, of 
the village 741 ; v/hole town 2801. 

Oxford, t. Warren co. NJ. on 
the Delaware. Pop. 3,089. 

Oxford, t.Philad«lphia co.Pa.on 
the Delaware, 8 NE. Philadelphia. 
Pop. 1,315. p-t. Chester 914.— 
Upper, 1\H. 



Oyster River, NH. flows through 
Durham into Great bay. 

Ozan, t. Hempstead co. Arkua- 
sas. Pop. 5G3. 

Ozark Mountains, an elevated 
and mountainous tract, commen- 
cing near the confluence of tlie 
rivers Missouri and Mississippi 
and extending in a SW. direction 
across Arkansas territory into thy 



''hford, t, and port of entry, I Spanish province of Texas. 



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Pacolet, r. joins Brgnd river at I Palnesville, p-t. Geauga co. 
Pinckueyevilie, SC. '» on the:W, ban-k of 4Brapd 



.e A h 2X3 1- A R 

river, 3 miles from its confiuencel Pfdmyray p-t. Lebanon co. Fa. 
\7lth lake Erie. A bridge, 400 —Pike, Pop. 246.— Wayne, 215- 
feet long, connects it with Fair- Palmyra, t. Mi. at Palmyra 
port, on the E. side of the river. iBend, 25 m. below Walnut hiils 
it has a good harbour, and is a' Palmyra, p-t. Montgomery co. 
ilourishing place, containing nu- '" 
merous mins and manufactories. 



Pop. 1,257. 

Paint, t. Fighland co. O. Fop. 
;J895.—Favette,7R7.— p-t. Wayne, 
590.— p-t. Ross, 946. 

Paint creek, O. joins the Scioto 
on the W. 5 m. below Chillicothe. 

Painted Post, p-t. Steuben co. 
JN'Y. on the Tioga, 20 m. SE. 
Bath. Pop. 2,088. 

Paintville, t. Wayne co. 0. 15 
til. SE. Wooster. 

Palatine, p-t. Montgomery co. 
iVY. on the Mehawk. 10 W, 
Johnstown, 51 m. WNW. Albany. 
Pop. 3,936. 

Palermo, p-t. Lincoln co. Me. 
;;0 NE. Wisc.asset. Pop. 1,056. 

Palestine, p-t. and cap. Law- 
•icucc CO. In. on the N. bank of 
tjio E. Fork of White river. 

Palf'siim, p-t. <*ar). Crawford 
x'jb. 111. S-i ra. E. Vandalia, 25 N. 
Vincennes. 

Palmer, p-t. Hampden co. 
ATass. 14 m. E. Springfield, 71 
'VVSW. Boston. Pop. 1,197. 

Pal-nyra, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 
^m. E. Ncrridgewock, 215 NNE. 
Boston. Pop 336. 

Palmyra, p-t. W^ayne co. NY. 
on the canal. The village is built 
chiefly on a wide, street, along the 
>^'. bank of the canal. It is a place 
rtf considerable trade and manu- 
llicturee, and contains 3 churches, 
1 Presbyterian, 1 Metliodist, and 1 

Baptist; an academy, and a print- jNiXE. Boston, Pop. 1,894. 
ing-office. 13 m. N. Canandaigua, Paris, p-t. Oneida co. NY. S 
22 E. Rochester, 15 W. Lyons, jW. Utica. Pop. 6,707. 
76 S. Pulteneyville. Pop. of vil-4 Paris, p-t. and cap. Bonrbon 
I^jI^qIQO.O, wlroie to-\N'no-,72^» co. Ky. on a braiich of liickirr^ 



Ten. on the Cumberland, 40 m. 
below Nashville. 

Palmyra, p-t. Portage co. O. 
10 m. E. Ravenna. Pop. 591. 

Palmyra, p-t. Edwards co. 111. 
on the Wabash, 20 m. below Vin- 
cennes. 

Pamelia, p-t. Jefferson co. NY. 
on Black river opposite Watcr- 
toAvn. Pop. 1342. 

Pamlico. See Tar River. 

Pamlico So^md, NC. 86 miles 
long, and from 10 to 20 broad, is 
separated from the Atlantic ocean 
by a narrow beach of sand, 
through which are several iidets, 
only one of which, Ocracoke, will 
admit vessels of burden. This 
sound communicates with Core 
and Albemarle sounds, and re- 
ceives Tar river and the Neuse. 

Pamimky, r. Va. formed by the. 
North and South Anna, unites 
with the Mattapony at Delaware, 
to form York river. 

Panton, p-t. Addison co. Vt. on 
Lake Cham plain, across which is 
a ferry. 13 m. NW. Middiebury, 
25 S. Burlington. Pop. 546. 

Paoli, p-t. and cap. Orange co. 
Ind. 40 m. E. Vincennes. 

Papachton, the E. branch of the 
Delaware, meets the mai» branch 
in Hancock, NY. 

Paradise, p-t. York co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,837. 

Paris, p-t. and cap. Oxford co. 
Me. 46 m. NW. Portland, 160 



FAS 
Viver. it has 2 churches and 
printing-office, 20 m. E. Lexing- 
ton, 65 SSE. Newport. Lat. 38° 
14' N. Pop. in 1310, 838. 

Paris, t. Portage co. Ohio. Pop. 
ScJ.— p-t. Stark co. 553. 

Parishville, p-t. St. Lawrence 
rn. NY. 38 m. E. Ogdensburgh, 30 
W. Malone. Pop. 594. 

Park, CO. Indiana. 

Parker, t. Butler co. Pa. Pop. 
G59. 

Parkersburg, p-t. and cap. 
Wood CO. Va. on the Ohio. 

Parkerstoivn,t. Rutland co. Vt. 
47 S. IMontpelier. Pop. 174, 

Parkmo.n, p-t. Geauga co. O. 
17 m. SE. Chardon. Pop. 512. 

Parma, p-t. Monroe co. NY. on 
Lake Ontario, 12 m. WNW. Ro- 
chester. Pop. 1,342. 

Parsippany, p-t. Morris co. NJ. 
on a branch of the Passaic. 15 
IP. NNW. Newark. Hero is a 
school for the instruction of Afri- 
can youth, established 1816, under 
the care of the N. Jersey and N. 
York Synods of the Presbyrerian 
church. Its object is to furnish 
school masters and religious 
teachers for the colonists in Afri- 
ca and Hayti. The course of 
study occupies 4 years, and be- 
sides the common and higher 
branches of English education, in- 
cludes theology. 

Parsons, t. Essex co. Mass. 

Parsfjnsfield, p-t. York co. Me. 
.'53 m. NW. Portland 118 NNE. 



Pop 
Chief t. 



Boston. Pop. 2,355. 

Paacagoula, r. Mi. is formed by 
the union of the Chickasawhay 
and Leaf, and falls into the gulf 
of Mexico, 38 m. W. of Mobile 
bay, after a course of 200 miles. 
It is navigable for vessels draw- 
ing 6 feet water 50 miles, and for 
boats 150. ^ ^ 

Pasfv.otank, f. PfO. r]^^9. in 



19 y h T 

Dismal S • amp, and rOns uito M- 
bemarle sound. 

Pasquotank, co. RC. 
8,008. Slaves 2,616. 
Elizabeth city. 

Passadunky, or Passadumkeagf 
r. Me. joins the Penobscot, 19 lo. 
above Bangor. 

Passaic, r. NJ. flows S. into 
rvewark bay. It is navigable 10 
miles for small vessels. At Pat- 
terson is the cataract or great falls 
of 70 feet perpendicular. 

Passamaqaoddy Bay, sets Cp 
between Wfest 'Quoddy head iji 
Lubec, Me. and the W. coast of 
.\ew-Brunswick. It is about 12 
miles long from E. to W. and C 
from N. to S. and has two eu« 
trances, the eastern and western^ 
between which lies Cumpobello 

land. The tides here, as in cv>- 
ery part of the Bay of Fundy, 
have an extraordinary rise. Their 
height at Lubec and Eastport va- 
ries from 25 to 33 feet. The bav 
U sheltered, has every 
where sufficient depth of water 
or the largest vessels, and is nev- 
er clobcd by ice. It.<5 waters 
abound with herring, cod, mack- 
erel, and pollock. 

Pdssarnuquoddy Indians, 379 ir». 
number, reside in a village at 
Pleasant point, in Perry, Mc. 
They have a churcii and Roman 
Catholic priest, and own a town- 
ship of land of 27,000 acres. 

Pusumpsic, r. Vt. runs into thft 



Connecticut, about 15 m. above 
Newbury. 

Patapsco, r. Md. rises in I'ork 
county, Pa. and flows SSE. to 
Elkridge landing. It then turns 
E. passing over falls and flows in- 
to Chesapeake bay, between 
North and Bodkin's Points, in 
ilat. 39» 10' N. It is navigable to 
''Fell'? Po'int, 14 oii!--s'. ?V>-' f^hip'-- 



^. 



P A IF 



th-awing 13 feet water. From the 
falls, a route for a canal has been 
located, by way of Monocasy river 
to the Potomac. 

Patrick, CO. Va. Pop. 5,089. 
.Slaves 1,213. 

Patten, t. Center co. Pa. Pop. 
433. 

Patterson, p-t. Putnam co. NY. 
iy in. NE. Carmel, 22 SE. Poiigh- 
keepsie. Pop. 1,446. 

Patterson., p-t. in Aquacka- 
nock, Essex co. NJ. on the Passa- 
ic, at the great lalls, is admirably 
eituated lor a manufacturing 
town. Here were in 1825, 15 
CBtton mills, containing 21,992 
spindles, consuming annually 
1,184,000 lbs. of cotton, and pro- 
ducing weekly 58,981 y'ds of cloth • 
2 linen duck manufactories with 
1524 spindles, producing yearly, 
405,560 yards of duck ; a laro-c 
machine shop ; a mill for rolling 
siheet iron, a nail factory, a grist 
jnill, and a saw-mijl. The mill 
seats are only 4 and a half miles 
from tide water, and each has 2: 
feet head and fall. Pattersoi 
contains a bank, printing-office, 
j Piesbyterian, 1 Methodist, 1 
Roman Catholic, and 2 Dutch re- 
fer pied churches. 15 m. N. New- 
ark, 97 iNNE. Philadelphia. Pop 
of the whole town in 1820, 1578 
of ttie villag-e iu 1824, 4737, and 
in 1825, 5081. 

Puiiicket, p-v. Middlesex co. 
Ms. at Patucket falls iu the jMer- 
rimack, with 2 cotton factories 
The falls are 28 feet perpendicu- 
lar, round which is a canal. 

Putuxent, T. Md. falls into the 
W. side of the Chesapeake 

Pn/tldiicg; CO. Ohio 



Delaware, S. of the Blue nujuju 
tain. 

Paulus Hook. S ee Jersey city . 

Pautucket, r. forms in the lat- 
ter part of its course, the bound- 
ary between Connecticut and K 
Island, and flows into Stonington 
harbour. 

Pavilion, p-v. Genesee co. NT. 

Pawlet, p-t. Rutland co. Vt. on 
a river of the same name, which 
joins Wood creek, in New York, 
21 m. SW. Rutland, 33 N. Ben- 
nington. Pop. 2,155. 

Pawling, p-t. Dutchess co. NY. 
24 m. SE. Poughkeepsie, 105 S. 
Albany. Pop. 1,805. 

Pawnee Indians, consist of 3 
distinct bands, residing on the N. 
bank of Loup river, 60 m. above 
its confluence v.'ith the Platte. The 
village of Grand Paivnees,contsdriS 
3,500 souls, of the Jiepnblican 
Pawnees, 1,000, of the Loup Paw- 
nees, 2,000 — making an aggregate 
of 6,500. 108 m. W. Council 
Bluff. Lat. 4P17 N. 



Paivtucket, p-v. partly in North 
Providence, ill. and partly in 
Seeklionk, Ms. finely situated on 
Pawtucket river, at the falls, 4 m. 
NE. Providence. It contains a 
bank and 2 churches. It is one of 
the most extensive and flourishing 
manufacturing places in the 11. 
States. There are in the town of 
iNorth Providence, and chiefly iu 
the village of Pawtucket, 10 cot- 
ton mills, 6 shops for making ma- 
chinery, 2 furnaces for casting, 1 
slitting •mill,2 anchor shops, a cut- 
nail factory, 2 screw manufacto- 
ries, 3 grain mills, 1 clothier's mill, 
and one carding-machine. 
i Pawtucket, r. rises in Ms. wliere 



Pavlsbvrg,t. Coos co. NH. 22!it is called the Blackstone, and 
m, fr. Lancaster. Pop. 57. truiming SE. into R. Island, falls 

PiwiinskiU, T. NV. joins thejinto Providence river, just below 



- I^E C 



i*fOvi(lence. It has falls of about 
So feet, 4 from its mouth. Below 
the falls, it is called Seekhonk. 

Paxotuxet, r. RI. runs into Pro- 
vidence river, 5 m. below Pro- 
vidence. There are about 40 cot- 
ton Factories on this river and its 
branches. 

Pawtuxei, p-v. and po5-t of en- 



try, RI. at the mouth of Pawtux- 
et river, partly in Warwick, and 
partly in Cranston, with an acade- 
my, "and a bank. Pop. 1,000 
Here are 2 woollen, and 3 cotton 
factories, a gin distillery, and 3 
grain mills. 

Pea, r. Flor. rises in Georgia 
and flows into Pensacola bay. 

Paxton, p-t. Worcester co. Ms. 
9 m. NW. Worcester, 48 W. Bos- 
ton. Pop. 613. 

Paxton, Lower, t. Dauphin co. 
Pa. Pop. 1,283.— Middie, 97S.— 
Upper, 1,007. 

Paxton, t. Ross co. O. on Paint 
creek, 15 SW. Chillicothe. 383. 

Peacham, pt. Caledonia co. Vt. 
20 m. SE. Montpelier. Pop. 1,290. 
Here is an academy. 

Peachhottom, p-t. York co. Pa. 
Pop. 928. 

Peaks of Otter, Va. summits of 
the Blue Ridge, and the most el- 
evated land in the state. Height 
of the east peak from its base 
3,103 feet. 30 m. W. by N. Lynch- 
bnrg. Lat.37^33'17''N. 

Pearl, r. fails into the Rifrolets 
that connect Lake Borgne with 
Lake Ponchartrain. From Lat. 
31° to its mouth, it separates Mis- 
sissippi from Louisiana. 

Pease, t. Belmont co. O. on the 
Ohio, 7 m. E. St. Clairsville. Pop. 
2,019. 

Peckagama falls, in the Missis- 
sippi, of 20 feet in the cour3e of 



221 ^ E lil 

Pedee, Great, r. SC. rises m N. 
Carolina, where it is called Yad- 
kin river, and running SSE. joins 
the Wakkamaw near Georgeto\5rii. 
The united stream forms Win- 
yaw bay, which communicates 
with the Atlantic. 12 m. belo^y 
Georgetown. The Pedee is nav- 
igable for boats of 60 or 70 tons, 



about 200 miles. 

Pedee, Little, unites with the 
Great Pedee, 32 m. fr. its mouth. 

Peekskill, p-v. Westchester co. 
NY. on the Hudson, which hefe 
escapes from the Highlands. It 
is a place of considerable trade. 
40 m. N. New York. 

Peeling, p-t. Graflon co. KlI. 
62 m. N. Concord. Pop. 224. 

Peepee, t. i'ike co. Ohio, on the 
Scioto, 19 m. below ChilliCothe. 
Pop. 654. 

Pejepscot, t. Cumberland Co. 
Me. OB the Androscoggin, 80 Jii. 
N. Portland. Pop. 805. 

Pelham, p-t. Rockingham co. 
NH. 37 m. SSE. Concord, 32 fr. 
Boston. Pop. 1,040. 

Pelham, p-t. Hampshire co. Ms. 
85 m. W. Boston. Pop. 1,278. 

Pelham,t. Westchester co. NY. 
on East river, 18 m. fr. New York, 
Pop. 283. 

Pembroke, p-t. Merrimack to. 
NH. on the E. side of the J\leV- 
rimack. It contains a considera- 
ble village, 2 churches, a town- 
house, and an academy ; also 4 



f^rSf. AnthonV. 



paper 



mills, and a cotton fac- 
tory. 6 m. SE. Concord. Pop. 
1,256. 

Pt»z6rofce,p-t. Plymouth co, Ms. 
23 m. SSE. Boston. Pop. 1,297. 

Pembroke, p-t. Genesee co. NY. 
10 m. W. Batavia, 25 E. Buffalo. 
Pop. 2,576. 

Pemigewasset, NH. the Jiilain 
300 yards, 685 m. above the falls branch of the Merrimack, rises ift 



the ^VTiitf* Mfmntnini?, Rnd join*) 



PEN 223 P £ .V 

t}i"e Wuioipiseogee, at- Sanborn- The Union canal commences 



tpv/n. 

Fcncader, hundred, New Castle 
qo. Del. Pop. 1,876. 

Pendleton^ co. Va. Pop. 4,846. 
Slaves 381. Chiei t. Franklin. 

Pendleton,, district, SC. Fop. 
27,022. Slaves 4,715. 

Pendleton, co. Ky. Pop. 3,086. 
Slaves 328. Chief t. Falmouth. 

Pevjicld, p-t. Monroe co. NY. on 
lake Ontario, 7 ra. E. Rochester. 
Pop. 3,244. 

Penimaquan, r. Me. falls into 
Cobscooli, an arm of Passama- 
quoddy bay. 

Penn, t. Chester co. Pa. Pop. 
481.— Union, 2,099.— Philadel- 
phia, 3,105. — East, Northampton, 
1,082.— ffesf, Schuylkill, 1,152. 

Penn, t. Morgan co. O. Pop. 248. 

Penn's Neck, t. Salem co. NJ. 
Pop. \,Vo^.— U]jper, 1,861. 

Pennshorough, t. Chester co. 
Pa. Pop. ld5.~East, Cumber- 
land, 3,513.— ff'esf, 1,553. 

Pennsylvania, one of the U. 
States, bounded N. by New York, 
Eu by New Jersey, SE. by Dela- 
ware, S. by Maryland and Vir- 
oinia, and VV. by part of Virginia 
and Ohio. It exteiids from 39° 
42' to 4'/° 17' N. lat. afid from 74= 
;/r to 80° 27' W. Ion. Length 
' rom E. to W. 307 miles ; average 
i readth, 160. Extent, 46,000 sq. 
uviles, or 28,440,000 acres. Pop. 
in 1749,220,000; in 1790, 434,373; 
in 1800, 602,546 ; in 1310, 810,091 ; 
in l«-20, 1,049,393. Militia, in 
1821,115,231. In vahie and va- 
riety of manufactures, tliis is the 
llrst state in the Union ; value in 
1810, 133,691,111. Revenue in 
18-5, $'7,142,333. Shipping in 
1816, 102,474 ions. Value of ex- 
portsin 1820,^-5,743,549, of which 
';2,794,670 was foreign procjUQe, 

ij-risburgh is the ca^Mi^l. 



near Reading on the Schuylkill 
and extends in a W. direction to 
Lebanon, and thence to Middle- 
town on the Susquehannah, a few 
miles below Harrisburgh. The 
length oi'the canal when finished 
will be 78 miles. The eastern sec- 
tir.u iVoni Reading to near Leba- 
noi!, a distance of 40 miles, was 
nearly completed in Oct. 1825 ; 
aini tlie whole canal, it was ex- 
pected, wonid be finished within 
a year from that time. The ca- 
nal is 30 feet Avide at the top, 24 
at the bottom, and 4 feet deep. 

The Schuylkill canal opens a 
navigable communication from 
Philadelphia to the coal mines,, a 
distance of 11 1 miles. It is divid- 
ed into two sections, one above 
Reading, and the other below. 
The lower section aifords a com- 
plete artificial navigation. The 
upper section consists in part of 
improved river navigation. 

Pcnn-Yaa, p-v. cap. Yates co. 
NY. so named iVom the two class- 
es of original settlers, Pennsylva- 
nians and Yankees. * It stand.s 
half a mile ?f . of Crooked lake, on 
the outlet which is a fine mill 
stream. The village is built prin- 
cipally on a single street, and 
contains a brick court-house, a 
jail, printing-ofiice, and several 
mills. 16 m. S. Geneva, 30 N. 
Bath. 

Penobscot, co. Me. Pop. 13,870. 
Chief t. Bangor. 

Penobscot, sea-port, and p-t. 
Hancock co. Me. on the E. side 
of Pv.iiobscot bay, 10 m. N. Cas- 
tir.e. Shipping in 1816, above 
24,044 tons. Lat. 44« 27' N. Pop. 
1,009. 

Penobscot, the largest river in 
Maine, has two principal branch- 
es. The western and longest 



P E ^ 223 

>ranch flows through Chesuncook] 
ake, and unites with the caatern 
)ranch about 60 m. N. oi' iJangor. 
\fter the junc.tion, the river fiows 
■5. and falls into the head of I'e- 
lobscot bay. It is navigable for 
sea vessels to Bangor, 50 m. from 
^wl's head, at the entrance of the 
)ay. The bay contains numerous 
slands and many fine harbours. 

Penobscot Indians. See Orono. 

Pensacola^ city and sea-port, 
:ap. of Escambia co. Florida, on 
he N. side of Fensacola bay, 10 
miles above the fort at its en 
trance, ft stands on a dry, san- 



P E 11 

Fensacola bay extends in a ?si-". 
direction 30 miles, and is from '3 
to 5 wide. Tw^o large bays, Es- 
cambia and YgUow water, set up 
from it to tlie North. 

Peoria, lake. Til. an expansion 
of Illinois river, commencing 200 
m. from its month and extending 
'S. about 20 miles. 

Peoria, p-t. Peoria co. 111. is on 
the W. bank of the Illinois, half a 
mile below the ruins of Fort 
Clark, which stood at the outlet 
of Feoria lake. 

PeppcrelL p-t. Middlesex co. Mp 
39 m. NW. iiostqji. Pop. 1,439. 

Pequannack, t. ftlorris co. NJ. 
3,820. 8 m. from Ncv,-- 



iy plain, elevated 18 or 20 feet a 
bove the level of the water. The I Fop 
land beyond the plain rist^s totheiark. 
height of 40 or 50 feet, and affordsi Pequest, creek, NJ. a good mill 
afinesitefortheerectionof dwell-'stream, rises near Newton, and 
ing-houses. Fensacola is welljflovvfing SW. 35 miles, falls into 
sjupplied with water frorrt tvvocorlthe Delaware, at Belvidere. It 
pious springs which rise in the in-]drains the valley between Scotl','? 
terior and discharge themselvesjmountains, and a low ridge to tlsr^ 
into the bay ia large streams form-lthe N. called Jenny Jump, 
ing the upper and lower bounda-j Perdido, r. separates Florida 
rie^s of the town. The streets areifrom Alabama, and communicates 
broad and regular and many of [with the gulf of Mexico, through 
the houses and public structures!2 channels, 30 m. E. Mobile point, 
are spacious and handsome, butjin Ion. 87'^ 15' W. This bay may 
wear the appearance of decay, beadvantagcously connected with 



The harbour of Fensacola is se- 
lected as the site of a U. States 
navy yard. It is the only safe and 
commodious harbour for large 
ships, in the gulf of Mexico, be- 
longing to the U. States. It has 



Fensacola bay, and with Molriie. 
Perkins, t. Huron co. Ohio. 



J'op. 



395. 



Perquimans, co. NC. Pop. 6,f'Ji7. 
Slaves 2,465. Chief t. Hertfci-d., 
Perrlnton, p-t. Monroe co. ''!i Y. 



22 feet water on the bar, at lowion the Erie canal, 12 m. SE. Ito- 



wa1»er, is completely landlocked, 
and capable of defence, the en- 
trance between the Barrancat- and 
St. Ro%a island being only three 
quarters of a mile wide. 45 m. 
from Blakely, 50 ESE. Mobile, 
375 m. W. "St. Augustine, by 
the U. States road. Lat. 30° 2a' 
N. Lon.87oW, Pop. in 1821, 



Chester. Pop. 1,664. 

Perry, p-t. Washington co. K'>v.. 
connected by abridge v/^ith Eas.l- 
port. Pop. 407. 

Perrif, p-t. Genesee co. NY. 2'2 
m. SE. Batavia. Pop. 2317. 

Perry, co. Pa. Pop. li,342> 
Chief t. Tyrone. 

Perry, t. Jefferson co. Pa-. Pop. 
30.-;.— fTmon. T330. 



CO. Mi. Pop. 
Ten 



2,03^ 



Slaves 4.91 

P^rry, co. Ten. Pop. 2,3a4. 
.b'laves 233. 

Perry ^ co. Ky. formed in 18S&. 

Perry, co. O. Pop. 8429. Chief 
t. Somerset. 

Perry, 13 towns, Ohio, viz. 
t. Brown co. Pop. 666. t. Lick- 
ing, 297. Coshocton, 843. Mus- 
kingum, 543. Fairfield, 612. Rich- 
land, 420. Franklin, 426. Shelbv. 
Oallie,455. Stark, 607. p-t. Geauga, 
614.tTu8carowas,256.Wavne,558. 

Perry, co. Ind. Pop. 2,330. 
Chief t. Trov. 

Perry, co. Mo. Pop. 1,599. 
C],nef t. Perry ville. 

PcrryopoUs, p-t. Fayette^co. Pa. 
on the Youghiogany. A news- 
paper is printed here. 

Peri-ysburg, p-t. Cataraugus co. 
NY. 12 m. NW. EUicottville. 
Pop. 835. 

Psrrysburg, p-t. Wood co. O. 
at the Lower rapids of the Mau- 
mee, 36 m. W. Croghansviile, 140 
jVW. Columbus. 

Perrysville, t. Fayette co. 111. 
on the ivaskaskia, 50 E. St. Louis. 

Perryville, p-v. Madison co. 
IN'Y. 12 m. NW. MorrisTille. 

Persm., CO. NC. Pop. 9,029. 
'Sjaves 3,684. 

Perih-Amhoy. See Amboy. 

Peru, p-t. Bennington co. Vt. 
130 m. NE. Bennington. Pop. 314. 

Peru, p-t. Berkshire co. Ms. 
16 m. NNE. Lenox. Pop. 748. 

Peru., p-t. Clinton co. NY. on 
lake Champlain. Pop. 710. The 
village of Peru stands on the Lit- 
tle Sable river, 9 m. SW. Platts- 
burgh. The Russia iron-works, 
an extensive establishment in this 
town, is situated on Sable river, 
6 m. above Keeseville. 

Pdi^u, t. Delaware co. O. Pop. 
iS7'~ip^t Karon, 23J3. 



^, X^ K X 

Peterborough,p't. Hiilsboroi'.£;)i 
CO. NH. on the Contoocook, con- 
tains 5 cotton factories, a woollen. 
factory, several grain-mills, an 
oil-mill, and a fulling-miil. Po{i. 
1,500. 20 ra. fr. Amherst and I'r. 
Keene, 40 SW. Concord, 60 fr. 
Boston. 

Peterborough, p-v. Madison co. 
NY. on Onerda creek, 6 m. N. 
Morrisville, 29 SW. Utica, 122 
W. Albany. Here are a printing- 
office, arsenal, and extensive cot- 
ton, woollen, and glass factories. 

Peters, t. Washington co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,565.— Franklm co. 2,776. 

Petersburg, p-t. Rensselaer co. 
NY. 25 m. NE. Albany. Fop. in 
1825, 2,088. 

Petersburg, t. Cumberland co. 
Pa. on the W. side of the Susque- 
hannah, 15 m. above Harrisburg. 
t. Huntingdon co. Pop. 183. 

Petersburg, borough, p-t. and 
pert of entry, Dinwiddle co. Va. 
on the SE. bank of Appomattox 
river, just below the falls, and at 
the head of sloop navigation, 12 
ra. from its mouth, 25 m. S. Rich- 
mond. It carries on a large com- 
merce in tobacco and flour, and is 
the emporium of trade for a con- 
siderable district in N. Carolina 
and Virginia. The falls of the 
river at this place aiford fine situ- 
ations for mills ; and a canal a- 
round them opens the navigation 
for 80 miles above the l;own. 
Amount of shipping in 1815, 
5,912 tons. Petersburg contains 
a court-house, jail, freemasons' 
hall, several tobacco warehousea 
and flour-mills, 2 banks, an in- 
sui-ance ofiice, and 5 churches, 2 
for Baptists, and 1 each for Pres- 
byterians, Episcopalians, and Me- 
thodists. The borough compre- 
hends, besides the town of Peters- 
Imrgh, the villages of Bland foTd 



1 



."aid Powhatan. Pop. 6,3*28, of'| street, does not extend westwyY/l 
whom 3,117 are whites, 1,113 freejmuch beyond a mile. It is, in 
blacks, and 2,098 slaves. Lon. .'general, regularly divided by 



77<^3rW. Lat. 37oi5'N. 



I streets which cross each other at 



Petersburg; p-t. Elbert co. Ga. right angles. The streets are 
at the junction of Broad and Sa- well paved and kept clean. The 
vannah rivers, 50 m. above Au-jiiouses are generally of brick, 



gusta. 

Petersburg, t. St. Clair co. III. 
on Silver creek. 12 m. E. Bellville. 

Petersham, p-t. Worcester co- 
Ms. pleasantly situated on Swift 
river, a branch of the Chickapee 



vstories high, plain and neat, with- 
out^ much ornament. . 

There are 88 houses for public 
worship; viz. for Presbyterians 
17, Methodists, 13, Episcopalians 
10, Baptists 8, Friends 5, Ptoraaa 



Here are a number of mills andlCatholics 4, German Lutherans 
faxitories. 29jn. NW. Worcester, }4, Dutch Reformed 2, GennanRe- 



67 W. by N. Bostoii. Pop. 1,623, 
Petit John, r. Ark. after a N£. 
course of 200 miles joins the Ar- 
kansas. 

Petoka, r. In. runs into the Wa. 
bash 20 m. below Vincennes. 

Pharsalia, p-t. Chenango co. 
NY. Pop. 873. 11 m 
wich. 



formed 2, Universalists 2, Jews 2, 
Scots Presbyterians 1, Coveaanl- 
ers 1, Swedenborgians 1, Moravi- 
ans 1, Swedish Lutherans 1, 
Ch7'ist-ia.ns 1, Menonists 1, Bible 
Christians 1, Seamen 1, Unitanaiia 
1, Free Quakers 1, erected by the 
W'. Ncr-I Evangelical Society 4, and cliapels 
in the prison, and the Orplia);.s', 



Phelps, p-t. Ontario co. NY. 5 Widows',and Magdalen asyluni>s 
m. N. Geneva. Pop. 5,688. The commercial institutions aie 

Pheljjs, t. Madison co. O, Pop.jJO banks, including the bank of 



)26. 



he United States, 13 iiisuran 



Philadelphia, p-t. Jefferson co.lcompauies, ofv/hich 8 are marine, 
NY. 170 m. NW. Albany. 4 fire,and 1 for lives and annuities:; 

Philadelphia,co.'Pa..Pop.l26,i97.\a custom-house, exchange, and 



Philadelphia, city, Pa. stands on 
the W. bajik of Delaware river, 
which is here 7-8ths of a mile 
wide, and navigable for the larg 



chamber of commerce. The bajiK 
of the U. States was established 
in 1816. Its capital is $35,000,000, 
which is divided between the pa- 



est vessels ; 12G miles from the rent bank, and 18 branch banks 
Atlantic ocean by the course ofjin variof.s cities of the Union, 
the river, and 55 in a direct line! The banking-house is a splendid 
to the SE. The form of the| structure built on the plan of the 
ground plot of the city proper is! Parthenon at Athens. The new 
an oblong, about a mile from N.jbank of Pennsylvania is a large 
toS. and two from E. to W. lyingjand remarkably elegant edifice of 
in the narrowest part of the isth-j marble, of the Ionic order, coji- 
mils betv/een the Delaware and'structed after the model of the 
Sclmylkill rivers, 5 miles in ai ancient temple of the muses, qii 
right line above their confluence. ^the Ijyssus. The state-houje, the 
Tlie whole compact settlement ; first rresbyterian church, St. Ste- 
occupies nearly 4 miles along theiphen's church, and the church of 
BrfaAvare, and e.ycept oji High- i St. Andrews, are ^Ise de^etvetHy 

f 2 



PHI ^ 

fiAmif&d specimens of arcliitect- 



The Pennsylvania hospital, es- 
fahlished in 1750, is the most res- 
pectable institution of the kind in 
the U. States. It has usually 
From 200 to 250 patients. Of these, 
from|80 to 100 are paupers, the 
rest pay for their board and at- 
tendance. Nearly hk\( of the 
■whole number are lunatics. The 
library contains 7,000 volumes. 
The yearly income to the hospital 
from the exhibition of West' 
painting representing Christ heal- 
ing the sick, is about, $600. There 
are also in the dity, a public alms 
house; 3 dispensaries ; 2 orphai 
asylums ; 2 institutions for the 
deaf and dumb; Christ church 
liospital ; an eye and ear infirma- 
ary ; several provident societies ; 
societies styled Humane, Mag- 
dalen, Vaccine, For the relief of 
<*.hildren of the poor, For alle- 
viating the miseries of public 
prisons, and Abolition of slavery ; 
besides upward of 1.50, chiefly 
mutual benelit societies, and oth' 
ers for the relief of strangers and 
foreigners 

The City library, established in 
1731, contains 24,000 volumes 
with fund? fur its regular increase. 
TheLoganian library, annexed to 



museam, occupying the uppct' 
rooms in the State-house, is the 
largest collection of natural curi- 
osities in America. There are al- 
so in the city, an academy of fine 
arts ; athenajum ; the Franklin 
mstitute for the promotion of 
manufactures and the mechanic 
and useful arts ; and societies for 
promoting agriculture, medical 
knowledge, phrenology, and the 
knowledge of music. The whole 
number of public libraries is 16, 
contaiuing in all 65,000^ volumes. 
— Here are published 3 quarterly 
medical journals, 5 monthly mag- 
azines, 11 daily, 1 thrice a week 
and 7 weekly newspapers. 

The University of Pennsylvania 
is formed of two institutions, 
which were united and incorpo- 
rated under the present name, in 
1791. It embraces the four de- 
partments of arts, medicine, na- 
tural science, and law. There are 
three professors in the depart- 
ment of arts, 5 in that of natural 
science, 1 in the law department, 
and 7 in the medical department. 
The medical department is one of* 
the most flourishing institutions 
m the world. In 1824, the num- 
ber of medical students was 424. 
Among tlie other means of ed- 
ucation are the law academy, , 



it, contains 5,000 volumes with ajEpiscopal academy, Friends' 
fund of $'10,000. Thii Americanjechools, and Felleuberg school. 
Philosophical Society, founded injThere are in the city and suburbs 
1743, has a library of 6,000 vol- 8 public schools, which contained 
umes, in which the collectivu of in 1824, 2,706 pupils ; and there 
Transactions of Foreign acade-iare besides, numerous private 



mies is the most complete in the 
U. S. It has published 1 octavo 
and 8 quarto volumes of transac- 
tion*. The Academy of Natural 



charity schools. Philadelphia is 
the seat of the Americaa Sunday 
School Union, formed in 1824. 
Philadelphia is the first city in 



Sciences has published 3 vols, of the U. States in th« variety, ex 
S-ransactions. It has a library ofitent, and excellence of its manu 
\'>,009 volumes, and large collec-jfactures. In 1810, the city and 
tioas In natoi-al history, Peale'slcounty contained 8 cotton facto- 



p a I 



2?,7 



ties, (in "1823, 30,) 23 carding ma- jof the city -are pleasant and well 



chines, 102 hat manufactories, 20 
nail mfs. 10 gun mfs. 27 snuiF and 
tobacco rafs. 24 brush mfs. 7 um- 
brella mfs. 59 tanneries, 18 distil- 
leries, 17 breweries, 7 paper-mill 
15 ropewalks, 3 glass work 
•marble-yards, 54 prmting-offi 
ces, &.C. The whole value of 
the manufactures amounted to 
116,103,869. In this city is the 
mint of the U. States, in which 
the national money is coined. 
Printing is carried on here more 



extensively than in an' other 
place in America. 

In amount of shipping, Phila- 
delphia is the fourth city in the 
Union. The number of' tons in 
1823, was 82,151 ; value of im 
ports 113,225,643; of export: 
|9,550,358 ; duties on imports 
|3,999,690. The Union canal, now 
in progress, will open a navigable 
communication to the waters of 
the Susquehannah rive?. Three 
lines of regular packets are es- 
tablished between this city and 
Liverpool. 

The city is supplied with water 
from the Schuylkill. A dam is 
erected across the river, by means 
of which a water power is obtain- 
ed capable of throAviog into the 
reservoirs, ten milli' n gallons ev- 
ery 24 hours. The reservoirs are 
56 feet above the highest ground 
in the city. The water is con- 
ducted from the reservoirs thro 
the city by means of pipes. The 
expense of the water-works was 
$432,512. — Philadelphia contains 
also a county court-house, 2 pri- 
sons and a third not yet complet- 
ed, a masonic hall, 7 or 8 marKets. 
the Chesnut-street and 4 other 
theatres, a U. S. navy yard, and 



cultivated. 

Pop. of the city and county i» 
1790, 54,391; in 1800, 81,009; 
in 1810,111,210; in 1820, 136,497, 
of whom 121,497 were in the city 
14|and suburbs. 300 m. SVV. Bos- 
ton, 90 SW. New York, 100 NE, 
Baltimore, 138 NE. Washington. 
Lon. 75° 3' 4.5" W. Lat. 390 57' N. 
Phillips, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 
on the W.' side of the Kenne- 
beck* 40 m. N. Norridgewock. 
Pop. 624. 

Phillips, CO. Ark. Pop. 1,637. 
Slaves 134. Chief t. Helena. 

Phillipsburg, p-v. Orange co. 
NY. on the Wallkill, 20 m. NeW- 
burgh. 

Phillipsburg, p-t. Jefferson co. 
O. on the Ohio, opposite Wells- 
burg, 7 m. S. Steubenville. 

Phillipston, p-t. Worcester co, 
Ms. 32 NW. Worcester. Pop. 916. 
Philipstown, p-t. Putnam co. 
'SY. on the Hudson, opposite 
West Point. It abounds with iron 
ore, and has several forges and 
furnaces. At Cold spring land- 
ing is a U. S. cannon foundery. 
Pop. 3,733. 

Phipshurg, p-t. Lincoln co. Mt. 
on the Kennebeck, 20 m. SW. 
Wiscasset. Pop. 1,119. 

Pickaway, CO. O. Pop. 13,149. 
Chief t. Circleville. 

Pickaway, t. Pickaway co. O. on 
the Scioto, 7 m. below Circleville. 
Pop. 1,908. 

Picolata, fort, Florida, on the 
E. side of St. John's river. 17 ra. 
from St. Augustine. 

Pictured rocks, Michigan, on 
the S. shore of Lake Superior, a 
series of rocks rising perpendicu- 
larly from the lake, and worn by 
the action of the waves into the 



2 U. ^. arsenals. The env irons 'Trvost grotesque forms. They 



P 1 E 
commence 108 m. W 
Pins, and extend 12 miles. 

Piercy, t. Coos co. NH. on the 
the Upper Ammonnoosuc. 3 in. 
from its mouth. Pop. 218. 

Piermont, p-t. Grafton co. NH, 
on the Connecticut, 70 m. from 
Concord. Pop. 1,016. 

Pierpont, p-t. Ashtabula co. O. 
9 m. E. Jefferson. Pop. 213. 

Pierreponi, p-t. St. Lawrence 
CO. NY. 23 m. SE. Ogdenebum. 
Pop. 235. 

Pigeon River, Ten. runs into 
French Broad river. 

Pigwocket, or Kearsarge, mt. 
NH. between Bartlett and Chat- 
ham. 

Pike, p-t. Alleghany co. NY. 
Pop. 1,622. 18 m.NW. Angelica. 

Pike CO. Pa. Pop, 2,894. 

Pike, t. Berks co. Pa. Pop. 
645.— Bradford 689,— Clearfield 
762. 

Pike, CO. Mi. Pop. 4,438. 
Slaves 994. Chief t. Holmesville. 

Pike. p-t. and cap. Bledsoe co.Te. 

Pike, CO. Ohio. Pop., 4,253. 
Chief t. Piketon. 

Pike, 7 towns, Ohio, viz. t.Clark 
CO. Pop. 536. Perry, 647. Co- 
shocton, 390. Stark, 883. Kno.x, 
;>7G. Wayne, 514. Madison, 344. 

Pike, CO. In. Pop. 1,472. 

Pike, CO. Ill, Pop. in. 1825, 508. 
Chief t. Colesgrove. 



i428 P 

Point aux Pilesgrove, t. 



PeAre, CO, Mo. Pop. 2,677, Chief Newichawannoc, and thence to 



t, Louisianaville. 

Pikeland, t. Chester co. Pa. on 
the Schuylkill. Pop. 1,221. 

Pike Run, t. VVashiiigton co. 
Pa. Pop. 1,967. 

Piketon, p-t. and cap. Pike co. 
O. on the Scioto, 19 m. below 
Chillicothe. Pop. 275. 

PikeviUe, p-t. and cap. Marion 
CO. Al. 

PikeviUe, p-t. and cap. Bledsoe 
CO. Te^ 



Salem c'q, i^.f 
Pop. 2,012. 

Pinckney, p-t. Lewis co. NY, 
Pop. 507. '13 m. SE. Watertown. 

Pinckney, p-t. Montg.'nery co. 
Mo. on the N. bank of the Mis- 
soiiifi. 55 m. above St. Charles. 

Pinckneysi'ille, p-t. and cap. Un- 
ion district, SC' on Broad rivey. 
75 m. NNW. Columbia. 

Pine, t. Alleghany co. Pa. Pop. 
795. — Lycoming co." 428. 

Pine Creek, t. Jefferson co. Pa. 
Pop. 356. 

Pinegrove, t. Berks c . P». 
Pop. 1,868. 

Pine Orchard. See Cntskill. 

Pine Plains, p-t. Dutchess co. 
NY 28 m. NE. Poughkcepsie. 

Pineville, p-v. SC. 40 rn. from 
Charleston. Here is an academy. 

Pioria. See Peoria. 

Piqua, p-t. Miami co. O. en tho 
Great Miami, 69 in. W. Colum- 
bus. Pop. 350. Here is a print- 
ing-office. 

Piscatnqua, r. NH. rises iu 
Wakefield, and running SSE. 
about 40 miles, falls ijito the Al- 
lantic below Portsmouth, forming 
during its whole course the boun- 
dary between Maine aJid New 
Hampshire. Fi?oin its source to 
the lower falls at Berwick, it is 
called Salmon fall river ; thonce 
to the junction of the Cocheco, 



the ocean, Piscataqua. The prin- 
cipal western branch is formed by 
Swamscot river which comes from 
Exeter, Winnicot river which 
comes through Greenland, and 
Lamprey river, v/hich divides 
Newmarket from Durham, — all 
meeting in Great bay, 4 miles 
wide. The water, in its further 
progress , is contracted into a less 
bay where it receives Oyster river 
from the n<9rth, and at kngthfifilfe 



jitlo tile Piscaiaqua ut Hilton': 
j)oint. 

Piscaiaquog^ p-v. Hillsboro' co 
NH. near the confluence of a 
small river of the same name with 
the Merrimack. It has a fiourieh 
iiig trade. 20 m. S. Concord. 

Piscaiaioay, t_ Middlesex co 
NJ. on the R;iritan, 3 m. NE. New 
Enmswick. Pop. 2,648. 

Piscataway, p-t. Prince George 
CO. Md. on the Piscataway, which 
runs into the Potomac. 16 m. N. 
Port Tobacco, 18 S. Washington. 

Pitch landing, p-t. Hertford co. 
NC. on Wickacon creek, 25 m. 
JNW. Edenton. 

Pitt, t. Alleghany co. Pa. 5 m. 
fr. Pittsburg. Pop. 4,381. 

Pitl, .;o. NC. Pop. . 10,001. 
Slaves 4,241. Chief t. Greenville. 

Pittsborougk,p-t. and cap. Chat- 
ham CO. NC. in a healthy spot, 
much resorted to from the low 
country during the summer 
months. Here is an academy. 36 
m. SW. Raleigh, 54 NNW. Fay- 
etteville. 

Pittsburg, city, and cap. Alle- 
ghany CO. Pa. is advantageously 
situated in a plain between the 
Alleghany and Monongahela riv- 
ers, at the point where they unite 
to form the Ohio. It is the cen- 
tre of a great commerce, havmg 
good roads and navigable commu- 
nication in every direction The 
value of the merchandise which 
annually [.isses through the city 
is estimated at |20,000,000. It is 
also admirably situated for manu- 
factures, the country around in- 
cluding 8 or 9 counties being one 
great bed of fossil coal. Plere 
are 8 steam-mills ; 5 glass-houses, 
in which every kind of glass, from 
a porter-bottle or window-pane, 
to the most elegant cut crystal 
glass, is inanTifit<;tnred, to tho a- 



P i i: 
mount of |200,000 annually; 4 
air-furnaces ; 3 breweries ; a pa- 
per-mill employing 190 persoii.s ; 
numerous Hour-mills, potteries, 
forges, blasi-furnaces, rolling- 
mills, slitting-milLs, distilleries, 
&c. 

Pittsburg contains a court-house, 
jail, national armory, 4 banks, 4 
printing-offices, and 8 churches. 
Pop. 7,248. 230 m. WNW. Bal- 
timore, 297 W. by N. Philadel- 
phia, and about 2,000 by the 
course of the Ohio and Mississip- 
pi above New Orleans. Lat. 40^ 
31' 44" N. Lon. 80° 8' W. 

Pittsfield, p-t. Merrimack co. 
NH. 16 m. NW. Concord. Pop. 
1,178. 

Pittsfield, p-t. Rutland co. Vt. 
17 NE. Rutland. Pop. 459. 

Pittsfield, p-t. Berkshire co. 
Ms, pleasantly situated on the 
Housatonnuc, 6 m. N. Lenox, 38 
ESE. Albany, 135 W. Boston. It 
contains a bank, 3 churches, 2 
for Congregationalists, and 1 for 
Methodists ; an academy ; a print- 
ing-office, from which a weekly 
newspaper is issued ; and several 
manufactories. Pop. 2,768. 

Pittsfield, t. Otsego co. NY. - 15 
SVV. Cooperstown. Pop. 830. 

Pittsford, p-t. Rutland co. Vt. 
on Otter cre«k, has 2 churches, 
several mills and manufactories, 
and a valuable marble quarry. 
Pop. 1,916. 8 m. N. Rutland. 

Pittsford, p-t. Monroe co. NY. 
on the Erie Canal, 8 m. E. Ro- 
chester, 22 NW. Canandaigua. 
Pop. 1,582. 

Pittsg7-ove, p-t. Salem co. J^J. 
30m. S. Philadelphia. Pop. 2,040. 

Pittston, p-t. Kennebeck co. 
Me. on the E. side of the Ken- 
nebeck, a place of considera- 
ble trade. 7 m. S. Augusta. For). 
1.337. 



V L A 230 P L A 

Pittston, p-t. Luzerne co. Pa. Ibj^ the confluence of 2 branches 
Pop. 825. ' jof nearly equal size, called the 

Pittstoivn, p-t. Rensselaer co.iNorth and South Forks, botli of 
NY. 18 m. ]\'E. Albany. Pop. in which rise considerably within the 
"1825,3746. iRocky mountains, and unite after 

Pittsylvania^ co. Va. Pop. | an easterly course of about 400 
21,323. Slashes 8,484. Chief t.jmiles. The united stream pursues 
Danville. still an easterly course of 400 

Plain, t. Stark co. Ohio. Pop.|miles, till it falls into the Missou- 
899.— Wayne co. 506.— Franklin jri in lat. 41° 3' 13" N. 700 miles 
CO. 373. " from the Mississippi. Its princi- 

Plainfield, p-t. Washington co. I pal tributaries are the Elkhorn, 
Vt. 8 m. E. Montpelier. Pop. entering near its mouth, and tlic 



660, 

Plainjield, p-t. Cheshire co 
NH. on the Connecticut, 55 m 
NW. Concord. Pop. 1,460. In 



Loup fork BO miles above. As its 
name implies, the Platte is a 
broad river, varying from one to 
three miles in width, and is so 



1813, Union academy was estab- shallow, that except in floods, it 
lished here, in which indigent may be forded in almost any 
young men, designed for the office; place. • :, is full of islands which 
of clorgymen, are educated gratu-lare covered with a growth of col- 
itously. It is endowed with a per-!ton wood, willows, and shrubs; 
manent fund of $40,000. It has a] and the shifting sands in its bed, 
principal and assistant, and about! together with the rapidity of the 
100 students. 'current, effectually obstruct the 

Plainjield^ p-t. Hampshire co.j navigation even in canoes, 



Ms. 21, m. W. Northampton. Pop 
936. 

Plainjield, p-t. Windham co 
Ct. on the E. side of the Quin 
uebaug. Pop. 2,097. Here is 



Plaifo, Little, falls into the Mis- 
souri from the N.349 m.fr.the Mis- 
sissippi. 

PlaUekill, p-t. Ulster co. NY. 
on the Hudson. 22 m. beloxv 



a fiourishing academy. Kingston. Pop. 2,139. 

Plaiiijield, p-t. Otsego co. NY.j Plattsburgh, p-t. and cap. Clin- 
15 NW. Cooperst'n. Pop. 1,611. iton co. NY. on Lake Charapiaii!. 

Plainfield, t. Northampton co.lltlieson the W. side of a bay 
Pa., Fop. 1,127. jwhich sets up in anortherly di- 

Plaisiovi, t. Rockingham co.jrection, three miles, between the 
NH. 22 SW. Portsmouth. Pop. [main land and a peninsula on the 
492. iE. called Cumberivnd head. 

Plaqvemines, parish. La. Pop.! The site of the village is a high 

• 2,354. Slaves 1,566. Chief t.j sandy plain, on both sides of Sar- 

Fort St. Philip. lanac river, which here falls into 

Plaquemines, an outlet of thejthe bay. The village is regularly 
Mississippi, leaves the mainilaid out and contains a court- 
stream 112 m. above New Orleans,! house,jail, academy, bank,Presby- 
and 'unites with the Atchafalaya.jterian church, and 2 printing-offi- 
Platte, or Shoal river, Indian; ces. On the S. side of the river is 
JVebreska,s. large western tributa-ithe U. S. cantonment built during 
rv of the Missouri. It is formed' the late war. Plattsbnrgh k rcn-- 



diered iamous by the signal victo-^lage with a church and a hank. S. i. 



ry obtained by the American fleet 
iinder the late Capt. McDonough, 
carrying 8G guns and 820 men, 
over the British fleet under Capt. 
Downie, carrying 95 guns and 
1,050 men. The action took place 
ofl'Cumberland head, 11th Sept, 
1814. The event frustraticd the 
plans of the British General, Sir 
George Provort, who, at the time 
occupied the N. part of the village 
with an array of 14,000 men, and 
the next morning made a hasty 
retreat. 63 m " '" 
N. Whitehall, 
burgh, 164 N. Albany 
11 N. Pop. 3519 



m. SE. Haverhill, 43 N. Concord. 
Pop. 983. 

Plymouth, p-t. Windsor co. Vt. 
15 m. WNW. Windsor. Pop. 
1,112. Here are remarkable cav- 
erns. 

Plymouth, co. IsIs. Pop. 38,136. 

Plymot'th, sea-port, p-t. and 
cap. Plymouth co. Mass. and the 
oldest town in New England, 36 
m. SSE. Boston. The harbour 
is spacious but shallow, and ex- 
posed during an easterly storm. 



S. Montreal, 100 j Shipping in 1815, 21,263 tons, of 

120 E. Ogdeus- [which several thousand were em- 

Lat. 44^|ployed in the codfishery. Here 

iare extensive iron works. Plym- 



Pleasant, 5 towns, Ohio, viz. t. outh contains a court-house, jaiJ, 
Franklin co. Pop. 599.— Clark, [bank, a building called Pilgrim 
— Brown, jhall, and 4 churches, 3 for Con- 
grf gationalists,and 1 for Baptists. 
Dutchess The first settlers of New England 
jcreek, 7|ianded at this place, De-J. 22d, 
Here] 1620. The rock on which they 
andjlanded is conveyed from the 
j shore to a square in the centre 
Pluckarnin, p-v. Som.erset co.iofthe town, and the anniversary 
NJ. 6 rn. N. SomerviUe. The'of their landing is still celebrated. 

Lon. 70^ SO' W. Lat. 



759.— Fairfield, 1,043, 
2,114.— Madison, 555. 

Pleasant Valley, p-t. 
<;o. NY. on. Wappinger's 
m. SE. Poughkeepsie. 
ore extensive cotton 
woollen factories. 



Pluckarnin mountains commence Pop. 4,348, 

here and extend across the Passa-j41° 58' N. 

ic, at the falls in Patterson. Plymouth, p-t. Litchfield co. 

Plumb, t. Alleghany co. Pa. on Ct. 24 m. W. Hartford, 30 N. 
Turtle creek. Pop. 1,639.— Ve-jNew Haven. Pop. 1,758. 
nango co. 185. 

Plumb cy-eek 
Pa. 1,340. 

Plum Island, Ms. between Ips- 
wich and Newburyport, 9 miles 
hnig, separated from the main 
land by a narrow sound. 

Plumb Island, NY. opposite 
Oyster-pond point, L. Island 



Plymouth, p-t. Chenango co. 
t. Armstrong co. NY. 7 m. NW. Norwich, 107 W. 
Albany. Pop. 1,496. 

Plymouth, p-t. Luzerne co. Fa. 
on the Susquehannah, opposite 
Wilkesbarre. Pop. 912.— t. Mont- 
gomery CO. 928. 

Plymouth, p-t. and cap. W^ash- 

ington CO. NC; on the S. side of 

Plmristead, p-t. Bucks co. Pa. jthe Roanoke, 5 m. fr. Albemarle 

on the Delaware, 36 m, N. Phila-jsound, 20 S.. Edenton. Shipping 



delphia. Pop. 1,790, 

Plymouth, p-t. and halfshire. 



Grafton CO. NH. on the W. side Ohio 



in 1815, 1,590 tons. 
Plymouth, p-t. Richland co:^ 



of the Merrlrtnack. It has a vrl-'. Plympif 



'Of). 



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p-t. 



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J^s. 10 NW. Plymouth. Pop. 980. 

Pocahontas, co. Va. 

Pocono, t. Northampton co. Pa. 
Pop. 389. 

pQCotaligo, p-v. Beaufort dis 
SC. 64 m. WSW. Charleston. 

Poge, Cape, the NE. point of 
Chabaquiddick island, Mass. Lon. 
70^ 22' W. Lat. 41° 25' N. 

Pohntcunk, creek, NJ. flow 
SW. between the Pohatcunk 
mountains on the left, and Scott 
mountains on the right, aud falls 
into the Delaware 4 m. below 
Easton. 

Point, t. Northumberland co 
Pa. Pop. 1,373. 

Point Chico, t. on the Mississip 
pi, at the confluence of the Ar- 
kansas. Pop. 452. 

Point Comfort, p-v. Elizabeth 
city CO. Va. forms the N. point at 
the confluence of James river 
with Chesapeake bay. Here is 
the U. S. Fort Monroe, at which 
is established a school of artillery 
practice. 19 m. W. by N. Cape 
Henry, 213 S. Washington. 

Point Covvee, p-t. and parish, 
La. on the W. bank of the Mis- 
sissippi,30 m. above Baton Rouge. 
Pop. 4,912. Slaves 3,640. 

Pdint Harmar. See Marietta. 

Point Judith, the W. point at 
the entrance of Narraganset bay, 
PJ. 9 m. SSW. Newport. Lou. 
710 35' W. Lat. 41° 25' N. 

Point Pleasant, p-t. and cap. 
Mason CO. Va. on the Ohio, just 
above the confluence of the Ken- 
hawa, 5 m. NE. Gallipolis. 

Point Pleasant, t. Clermont co. 
Ohio,' on the Ohio, 21 m. SW. 
Williamsburg. 

Point Remove, r. enters the N. 
side of the Arkansas, 30 m. above 
Ca«^ron. 

Polpud, p-t. CumbeTland c6. 



Me. on the W. side of the Andros- 
coggin, 30 m. N. Portland, 140 
NxNE. Boston. Pop. 1,353. 

Poland, p-t. Trumbull co. O. on 
the Mahoning, 18 m. E. Warren. 
Pop. 990. 

Pomfret, t. Windsor co. Vt. 15> 
m. N. Windsor. Pop. 1,635. 

Pomfret, p-t. Windham co. Ct. 
on the Quinebaug. 40 m. NE. 
Hartford, 30 W. Providence, 57 
SW. Boston. Pop. 2,042. It haa 
one of the largest cotton facto- 
ries in the State. 

Pomfret, t. Chatauque co. NY. 
on lake Erie, 20 m. NE. Mayville. 
Pop, 2,036. 

Pompey, p-t. Onondaga co. NY. 
In this town is a hill, called by 
the Indians, Bloody hill. Here 
are the remains of forts with bu- 
rying-grounds adjacent. From 
the graves many human skeletons 
have been taken, one of an unu- 
sually large size, end almost en- 
tire. Fragments of guns, brass 
kettles and other vestiges of a 
civilized people, have also been 
found with the bones, and it is 
conjectured that formerly a party 
of Spaniards from the SW. may 
have penetrated to this spot, and 
been cut off" by the Indians. 11 
m. SE. Onondaga, 146 WN^^^ 
Albany. Pop. 6,701. 

Pompton, r. NJ. is formed by 
the union of Ramapoo,Long pond, 
and Pequannock, and falls into 
the Passaic. 

Pontchartrain, lake. La. about 
35 miles long, and 25 broad. It 
communicates with Lakes Borgne 
and Maurepas, and with the city 
of New Orleans. 

Pon^mc, p-t. and cap. Oakland 
CO. Michigan, on the river Huron 
of St. Clair, 25 milee fr. its mcnitl], 
25 W. Df^tvort. 



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Pope, CO. 111. Pop. in 1825, 
^,490. Chief t. Golconda. 

Poplar ridge, p-v. Cayuga co. 
NY. 4 m. E. Cayuga lake, 14 SW. 
Auburn. 

Poplin, p-t. Rockingham co. 
NH. 24 m. W. Portsmouth, 33 fr. 
Concord. Pop. 453. 

Porpoise Cape, Mc. Lon. 70° 
^ W. Lat. 430 22' N. 

Portage, co. Ohio. Pop. 10,095. 
Chief t. Ravenna. 

Portage, t. Portage co. O 16 
m. W. Ravenna. Pop. 195. — San- 
dusky CO. 111. 

Portage des Sioux, p-t. St. 
Charles co. Mo. on the Mississip- 
pi, 5 m. below^ the mouth of the 
Illinois. Pop. about 300, chi*fly 
French. 

Port Byron, p-v.Cayuga Co.NY. 

Port Deposit, p-t. Cecil co. Md. 
on the Susquehannah. 81 m. fr. 
Washington. 

Porter, t. Oxford co. Me. 34 m. 
SW. Paris. Pop. 437. 

Porter, t. Niagara co. NY. on 
hike Ontario, at the mouth of 
Niagara river, 15 m. NW. Lock- 
port. Pop. 850. 

Porter, t. Huntingdon co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,132. 

Porter, p-t. Scioto co. Ohio, on 
the Ohio, 6 m. above Portsmouth. 
Pop. 879. 

Portersville, p-t. cap. Dubois co. 
Ind. 

Port Genesee. See Charlotte. 

Port Gibson, p-t. and cap. Clai- 
borne CO. Mi. on Pierre bayou, 
t?0 m. above its entrance into the 
Mississippi, 45 m. N. Natchez. 

Port Glasgow, V. Wayne co. 
KY. at the head of navigation on 
Sodus bay in lake Ontc.io. The 
harbours in this bay are reckoned 
Ihe best on the S. shore of the 
bke. 10m. N. Clyde, on the canal. 

Jio}-fRtM, V. £e!?cx CO. NY. on 



lake Champlain, 1 mile S. of Sabie 
river, 4 E. Keeseville. Here is a 
steam-])oat ferry across the lake 
to Burlington, about 10 miles. 

Portland, p-t. and port of entry', 
Cumberland co. Me. at present 
the capital of the state, and the 
most considerable town in popu- 
lation, wealth, and commerce, is 
on a peninsula projecting into 
Casco bay. The peninsula has 
the shape of a saddle ; the princi- 
pal part of the houses are erected 
on the seat, on the pommel of the 
saddle stands the observatory, and 
on the cantle some elegant dwell- 
ing-houses. The harbour is safe, 
seldom frozen over, easy of ac- 
cess, and so near the sea that a 
vessel is cleSr of every obstacle, 
and may stow away her anchors, 
three miles after leaving the 
wharf It is well defended and 
has a light-house at the entraifefcc. 
Shipping in 1815, 30,411 tons. 

Portland contains a state-house 
for the temporary accommodation 
of the legislature ; an elegant 
court-house, a jail, alms-house, 2 
banks ; an insurance-office, con- 
taining also the custom-house and 
other offices ; an academy, atho- 
naeunl, observatory, and ten 
churches, viz. 3 for Congregation- 
alists, 2 for Baptists, 1 for Epis- 
copalians, 2 for Methodists, 1 for 
Universalists, and 1 for Friends. 
From the observatory there is a 
noble water prospect, and also an 
extensive view of the interior, ter- 
minated in the N W. by the White 
Mountains. 54 rti. NNE. Ports- 
mouth, 118 NNE. Boston, 258 S. 
Quebec. Lon. 70o 19' W. Lat. 
43039'N. Pop. 8,581. 

Portland, p-t. ChataurjUD c'o. 
NY. on lake Erie. Hero is a small 
liarbpur. tn. N. Mav-ville. Poo. 
1,162. 



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Portland. See Sandusky. 

Portland, t. Jefferson co. Ky. 
on the Ohio, immediately below 
Louisville. 

Portland^ t. Randolph co. 111. 
on an elevated and healthy spot, 
with good water, at the mouth of 
Kaskdskia river, which affords a 
good landing fbr boats at all sea- 
sons. 

Port Laivrtfnce, t. Monroe co. 
INIichigan, on Maumee bay, with 
a good harbour, 65 m. S. Detroit, 
148 NW. Columbus. 

Port Leon, t. Florida,- on St. 
Marks river. 

Port Republic, p-t. Rockingham 
CO. Va. at the confluence of the 



two branches of the Shenandoah 

17 m. NE. Staunton, 30SSW. Newjis well situated" for trade 

Market. Two miles from this isjping in 1815, 30,411 tons 



for Independents, Episcopalian^'^ 
Baptists, Methodists, and Univer- 
salists. The town is supplied 
with water brought in an aque- 
duct from a spring 3 miles distant. 
The harbour is one 6f the best 
in the U. States. It is completely 
landlocked, and perfectly safe, of 
sufficient depth for the largest 
vessels at all times of the tide, 
and, owing to the rapidity of the 
current, never frozen. The main 
entrance between the N. side of 
Great island and the Kittery 
shore, is about a mile wide, and 
9 or 10 fathoms deep, and is well 
defended by forts. On an island 
opposite the town, is a United 
States' navy-yard. Portsmouth- 
" " " Ship- 

Pop. 



the celebrated Wjer's cave. ! 7,327. 24 m. NNE. Newburyport ; 

Port Royal, p-t. Caroline co. 56 N. by E. Boston; 45 ESE. Con- 
Va. on the S. side of the Rappa- cord ; 58 SSW. Portland. Lat. 
hannock. Rappahannock acade- 43° 5' N. Lon. 70° 45' W, 
my, 2 m. W. of the town, has Portsmouth, p-t. Newport co, 
about 60 students. 22 m. SE. RI. on the N. end of Rhode Isl- 
Fredericksburg, 80 from Wash- and, 7 m. NW. Newport. Pop- 
ington. 1,655. Here is a coal mine. 

Port Royal, t. Dearborn co. In. Portsmouth, p-t. Norfolk co. Va. 
on Lougherty's creek, 7 m. above on the SW. side of Elizabeth 
its mouth. ; river, opposite Norfolk. It con- 

Porf i2oj/aZ, island, SC. 11 miles tains a court-house, jail, and 4 
long, on whicli is Beaufort. Ichurches. 



Portsmouth, p-t. Rockingham 
CO. NH. the largest town in the 
state, and the only sea-port 
stands upon a peninsula on the 
S. side of Fiscataqua river, 2 m. 
from the sea. A new bridge 2371 
feet in length, connects it with 
Kittery, Me. The town contains 
a custom-house, alms-house, fe- 
male asylum, athenreum, acade- 
my, two market-houses, 5 banks, 
including a branch of the U. S. 
bank, several printing-offices, 2 
insurance-offices, and 7 churches, 
2 for Congregationalists, 1 each 



Portsmouth, sea-port, Carteret 
CO. NC. on the N. end of Core- 
bank. 

Portsmouth, p-t. and cap. Scio- 
to CO. Ohio, on the Scioto, at its 
junction with the Ohio, 45 m. S. 
Chillicothe, 90 S. Columbus. It 
is well situated for trade, and con- 
tains a court-house, jail, printing- 
office, and bank. Pop. 527. Lon. 
82° 48' W. Lat. 38° 48' N. 

Port Tobacco, p-t. and cap. 
Charles co. Md. on a small river, 
which runs into the Potomac 4 
n;i. below. Here is a warehouse. 



F O T 2.J5 F O C; 

l\ jv the inspection of tobacco. 52 > Potosi or Mine-au Burion^ p-. . 
m. SW. Annapolis, 34 fromiand cap. Washington co. Mo. iii 
Vi'^ashington. ithe centre of the mining district. 

Port Watson, V. Cortlandt co.jit contains about 80 houses, in- 
N Y. at the head of boat naviga-jcluding a court-house, jail, and 
tion on the Tioughnioga, 3 m. S. 'academy. Here are several lead 
of Homer village. Ifurnaces. 05 m. SW. St. Louis, 

Port William, p-t. and cap. ',45 W. St. Genevieve. Lat. 37° 
(i allatin co. Ky. at the conflux ofl55' N. 

K entucky river with Ohio, 37 m. Potsdam, p-t. St. Lawrence co. 
N. Frankfort. Pop. 120. NY. The village stands on both 

Posey, CO. Ind. Fop. 4,061. sides of Racket river at the falls, is 
C'hief t. Harmony. handsomely built, a»d contains 2 



Poteau, or Pottoe, r. Ark. flows 
r7E. and joins the Arkansas at 
I'ort Smith. 

Potomac, r. which rises in the 
.fi.Ueghany mour^tains, and during 



churches, 1 for Methodists, and 1 
for Presbyterians, an academy, 
printing-ofiice, and numerous 
mills and manufacturing estab- 
lishments. 25 m. E. Ogder 



its whole course is the boundary burgh, 90 W. Plattsb'g. Pop. 1911. 
between Maryland and Virginia.! Poitaivatamies, Indians, about 
I|. falls into Chesapeake hay be- 3,500 in number, occupy 5 vil- 
tAveen Point Lookout and Snriith'silages on the S. shore of lake 
point, by a mouth seven and ajMfichigan within 80 miles of Chi- 
hjilf miles wide. It is navigable icago. A mission exists among 
for ships of the greatest burden, !them at Carey. 
300 miles to the city of Washing-I Potter, co. Pa. Pop. 186. Chief 
ton, 3 miles belov/ the head oft. Cowdersport. 
the tide. The obstructions to the | Potters, p-t. Center co. Pa. 
navigation above the city of Pop. 1,810. 

Vv'ashington are 1. Little falls, 3| Pottsgrove, p-t. Montgomery 
iiiiles above the city, which de-jco. Pa. Pop. 1,882. 
scend 37 fiiet, and have been sur-i Poughkeepsie, p-t. and cap. 
Biounted by a canal two miles and'Dutchess co. NY. on the E. bank 
a half long, with three locks; 2.;of the Hudson. The bank of the 
< jreat falls, eight miles and a halfjrver is here broken into detached 
i urther up, around which is a ca- hills, with convenient landing- 
nal, one mile long, descending 76lplaces between them, where 
Jfeet by 5 locks ; 3. Seneca falls, 6, wharves and store-houses are 
.miles above, which descend 10 erected. Through the openings 
feet; 4. Shenandoah falls, 60|between the hills, there are occa- 
miles further up, where the Poto-'Sional glimpses of the village, 
mac breaks through the Blue j which stands upon a plain a mile 
Ridge; 5. Houre's falls, 5 miles;E. of the river. The village is 
above the Shenandoah. Canals regularly laid out, and well built, 
have been dug around all these i It contains a court-house, jail, 5 
falls. The descent of the Poto-!churches, viz. for Dutch Reformed,' 
mac, from the mouth of Savage|Episcopalian3, Friends, Baptists, 
river to tide waters, a distance of jand Methodists ; an academy, 
'2W miles, is 1,160 fpet. 'Lancasterian school, bank, and f> 



pfuitiiig-offices. Poughkeepsie 
employs 10 regular packets in the 
trade with New York. It is situ- 
ated in one of the most opulent 
counties in the state, and is con- 
nected by good roads with an ex- 
tensive and flourishing country to 
the E. It is also an eligible place 
for manufactures, being watered 
by Wappinger's creek and other 
fine milL-streams, and contains 
several cotton and woollen facto- 
iies, 2 large breweries, a distille- 
ry, &.C. At Barnegat, 5 miles S. 
of the village, are extensive lime- 
kilns. 10 m. N. Newburgh, 74 N. 
New York, 75 S. Albany. Pop. 
in 1820, of the village,' 3,401 ; 
whole town, 5,726 ; in 1825, vil- 
lage 3,809. 

Poulteney, r. ries in Tinmoutk, 
Vt. is joined by Castleton riter 
and Lewis' brook, and after a W, 
course of 25 miles falls into the 



2'31* FK^ 

Potmdrtdge^ t. Westchfistei' co,. 
NY. 5 m. E. Bedford. Pop^ 
1,357. 

PowelVs Point, cape, NC. al 
the entrance into Aibemarln 
sound. Lon. 76° 4' W. Lt;t. 36^ 
1' N. 

Pawelton, p-t. Hancock co. Ga, 
on the Ogeechee, about 40 m, 
above Louisville. 15 N. Spartai. 
It has a flourishing academy. 

Powhatan, co. Va. Pop. 8,292* 
Slaves 5,476. Chief t. Scottsville^ 

Pownal, p-t. Cumberland co»i 
Me. 18 NE. Portland. Pop. 1,051J 

Pow>ial, p-t. Bennington co- 
Vt. 6 m. S. Bennington. Pop* 
1,812. ^ ^ 

Prairie, t. Franklin co. Ohio* 
Pop. 322. Wayne, 706. 

Prairie du Chien,p-t. and cap^ 
Crawford co. NW. Territory, on 
the Mississippi, 3 m. above the^ 
confluence of the Ouisconsin- 



head of East bay in lake Cham- 1 The prairie is about 12 mil* 
plain. From its mouth for seve-llong and 3 wide, over which tUe 
ral miles it separates Vermont settlers are scattered, consistij^g- 
from New York. A remarkable'of 300 or 400 French and Indians, 
change in the bed of this river is [Here is fort Crawford, strong an«{ 



noticed under Fairhaven. 



well garrisoned. 



360 



W. 

Pojx/ifirtcy, p-t. Rutland CO. Vt.jGreen bay, 300 below St. Aiv 
is watered by Poulteney river, OBjthony's falls, 600 above St. Louia, 
which several mills and manufac- Lon. 90© 52' W. Lat. 43° 3' N. 
tories are here erected. The aur-j Prairie du Rocher, p-t. Ran* 
face of the town is agreeably di-jdoiph co. 111. in the American 
versified with mountains, hills, bottom, 3 m. from the Mississip-> 
and plains. Here are two vil-|pi, 12 N. Kaskaskia. Pop. aboulj 
lages. The largest stands on a 
plain, near the centre of the town, 

and contains 2 churches, 1 for|NY. Pop. 1,377. 13 m. N. Bath. 
Congregationalists, and one forj Preft^e, co. Ohio. Pop. 10,237. 
Baptists, a female academy, andlChief t. Eaton, 
n. printing-office from which ai Preble, p-t. Gortlandt co. NY, 
weekly newspaper is issued. In 7 m. N. Homer. Pop. 1,257. 
the west village is a Methodist Prescott, p-t. Hampshire co. 
church. 7 m. S. Castleton, 10 E. Ms. 76 W. Boston. 
"Whitehall, 13 SW\ Rutland, 46 Presque Isle. See Erie. 
N. Bennington, 60 SW. Moatpe- Preston, p-t. New London co^ 
.tifr. .P?)p. ^i^fS', ■'Ct. qntjie E> sMe of the Qrijmiv' 



)i, 12 N. Kaskaskia 
>00. 
Prattsbur^, p-t. Steuben 



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2 
Pop. 



baug, 44 m. SE. Hartford 

Preston^ p-t. Chenango co. NY. 
5 m. W. Norwich. Pop. 1,092. 

Preston^ co. Va. Pop. 3,422. 
Slaves 80. 

Prestonshurgy p-t. and cap. 
Floyd CO. Ky. Here is an acade- 
imy.' 

Presrtmscut, r. Me. which dis- 
charges the waters of .Sebago lake 
into Casco bay. It is 14 miles 
2«kag and abounds with excellent 
rmilT-seats, having no less than 14 
Tails. 

.Prince Edward^ co. and p-v. 
'Va. in the centre of the state fro.nfi 



17 P R i 

:W. by N. Boston. Pop. 1,261, 
Princeton, p-t. Schenectady co. 
NY. 7 m. W. Schenectady, lt> 
NW. Albany. Pop. 1,073. 

Princeton, p-t. in Middlesex 
and Somerset cos. NJ. 10 m. NE, 
Trent-on, 16 SW. New Bruns- 
wick, 40 NE. Philadelphia, 50 
SW. New York. Lat. 40° 22' 
N. Lon. 74° 35' W. it contains 
a College, Theological Seminary, 
brick Presbyterian church, and 
about 100 dY/elling-houses. 

The college of New Jersey was 
founded in 1738. Its officers are 
a president, 3 professors, and 2 
tutors. The college has a library 



E. to W. and about 60 m. fromjof about 8,000 volumes, a phiio- 
the S. bcmndary. Pop. 12,577 'sophical apparatus, including an 
Slaves 7,616. Kampden Sydney | elegant orrery constructed by Rit- 
College is in this county. Itsoffi-ltenhouse ; a cabinet of mineralo- 
cers are a president, a professor, gy a.nd natural history. The col- 
a teacher, and 2 tutors. The lege edifice, styled Nassau Hall, 
number of students in 1824 was contains a chapel and 60 rooms 
124, including 18 science stu-j for students. It has also 2 wings, 
dents, not candidates for degrees,leacb 60 feet by 30, containing the 



and 6 in the academy. 



I library, recitation rooms, &c. In 



A Theological Seminary under|1824 the number of students was 
thecareof the Presbytery of Ha-]158, iiicluding 23 resident gradu- 
nover is located near the college. (ates. The whole number of 
Instruction is given by a profess-ialumni of the college in 1815, was 



-or of Christian Theology, and by 
the college professor. 

Prince George, co. Md. Pop. 
20,216. Slaves 11,185.- Chief t. 
Upper Marlborough. 

Prince George, co. Va. Pop. 
IB,030. Slaves 4,323. 

Priimce fVilliam, co. Va. Pop. 
9,419. Slaves 4,380. Chief t. 
Haymarket. 

Princess Ann, p-t. and cap. 
Somerset co. Md. on Monokin 
creek, 40 m. S. Cambridge. 

Princess Ann^ co. Va. Pop. 
8,7G8. Slaves 3,705. Chief t. 
Kempsville. 

Princeton, p-t. Worcester co. 
Ms. 16 m. N. Worcester, 52 m. 



1,425, of whom 1,023 were then 
living. 

The Thcolojrical Seminary was 
established iul812, by the Gene- 
ral Assembly of the Presbyterian 
church. It has 3 professors, one 
of didactic and polemic Theolo- 
gy, one of Ecclesiastical history, 
and ^ne of Oriental and Biblical 
Literature. The library contains 
About 4,000 vohunes. There are 
WJ scholarships, each with an en- 
dowment of |;2,50O. The num- 
ber of students in 1825, was 105. 

Princeton, p-t. and cap. Gibson 
CO. In. on an elevated spot. 28 m. 
S. Vincennes, 23 N. Evansville 
on the Ohio. Hereisabnnk. 



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PRO ^3S 

Fr-ospect, p-t. Hancock co. Me. 
on the W. side of the Penobscot, 
at its mouth, 15 m. NW. Castine, 
327 NE. Boston. Pop. 1,771. 

Providence^ co. RI. Pop. 
'35,736. 

Providence, p-t. and port of en- 
try, Providence co. RI. the larg- 
est town in the state, and the 
third in New England in popula- 
tion, stands on Providence river, 
just above the mouth of the Seek- 
honk, 35 m. from the ocean, 30 
NW. NcAvport, 69 NE. New Lon- 
don, 74 E. Hartford, 40 SSW. 
Boston. Lon. 71° 10' W. Lat. 
41° 51' N. Pop. in 1820, 11,767 ; 
in 1825, 14,323. The town is 
built on both sides of the river, 
over which is an elegant bridge 
Merchant ships of the largest 
class ascend to this place. 

Providence is one of the weal 
Ihiest and most flourishing towns 
of its size in the U. States. Theret 



are more than 100 cotton facto- ;of each sex. 



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lege edifices, a public library, ti 
academies, including the Friends' 
boarding school, and 8 religious 
societies, 3 of Congregationalists, 
2 of Baptists, 1 each of Episco- 
palians, Friends, and Methodists. 
Several of the churches are ele- 
gant edifices. In September 1815, 
the town suffered severely from a 
gale. 

The Friends' boarding school 
v/as established in 1819. It is 
munificently endowed, and its 
aifairs are managed by two su- 
perindents under the control of a 
committee appointed by the Year- 
ly meeting. It is provided with 
6 teachers. The course of in- 
struction embraces the common 
and higher branches of an English 
education, and also the Latin, 
■Greek, and French languages. A 
building is erected 220 feet long, 
and sufficiently spacious for the 
accommodation of 150 pupils, 75 



ties in R. Island and the adjacent 
parts of Connecticut and Massa- 
chusetts, the business of which 
IS' transacted principally in Pro- 
vidence. Among the manufac- 
turing establishments within the 
town, are 5 cotton factories, two 
woollen factories, 3 dye-houses, 5 
distilleries, 3 rope-walks, 2 sper- 
maceti works, and 10 jewellers' 
shops where jewellery is manufac- 
tured principally for exportation. 
Shipping in 1823, 22,000 tons. 
About 10 vessels are constantly 
employed in the exportation of 
Cotton goods. 

The town contains a court 
house, market-lioupc, town-house 
theatre, jail, hospital, 7 banks 
including a branch of the U. S 



printing-offices, from 3 of which 
Bewfpap.pfs arc j^ffi.TC.d: frte c-!*!- 



Brown tTniversity in this placB 
is one of the most flourishing and 
respectable literary institutions 
in the U. States. It was original- 
ly established at Warren in 1764^ 
and was removed to Providence 
in 1770. The president and a 
majority of the trustees are re- 
quired to be of the Baptist dc' 
nomination. Its officers are a 
president, 9 professors, and 2 tu- 
tors. It has a library of raom 
than 5,000 volumes, and a philo- 
sophical apparatus. There are 2 
college edifices of brick, contain- 
ing rooms for about 200 students, 
and large rooms for public uses. 
The site is elevated and com- 
mands a fine prospect. In 1825, 
the number of students was 11&. 



bank ; G insurance companies, 4 The grammar school connected 



with tke University contm'rrs\ts>f- 
'nl f V ^&i\ i f?n ■fffft.rforitp'. 



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I^rovidence river, RI. is formed 
by 2 branches, which unite just 
ai)ove Providence, and runs into 
Providence bay. 

Providence, p-t. Saratoga co. 
NY. 14 m. SW. Saratoga, 34 W. 
Albany. Pop. 1,515. 

Providence, 6 towns, Pa. viz. 
t. Luzerne co. Pop. 861. p-t. 
Bedford, 1,822. Lower, t. Mont- 
gomery, 1,146. Upper, 1,670. 
p-t. Delaware, 566. Upper, t. 
736. 

ProvincetowTU, p-t. Barnstable 
CO. Ms. at the extremity of the 
peninsula of Cape Cod, 3 m. SE. 
Race Point, 60 SE. Boston, by 
water, 116 by land. The harbour, 
one of the best in tlie state, opens 
to the S. and has depth of water 
for any ships. The houses are of 
one story, and set on piles, that 
the driving sands may pass under 
them. The inhabitants derive 
their subsistence from the prose 
cution of the fisheries, and are de 
pendent on Boston and on the 
towns hi the vicinity for every ve- 
getable production. Pop. 1,252 
Lat. 42° 3' N. Lon. 70° 9' W. 

Pidaski, p-v. and half shire, in 
Richland, Oswego co. NY. stands 
on both aides of Salmon creek, 
which falls into lake Ontario 3 
miles below, and affords a good 
harbour at its mouth for vessel 
of 60 or 70 tons. The village 
contains a court-house and jail 
and several mills and manufac- 
tories. 30 m. S. Sacket's harbour, 
S6 N. Salina, 60 NW. Utica, 153 
from Albany. 

Pulaski, CO. Ga. Pop. 5,283 
Slaves 2,022. Chief t. Hartford. 
Pulaski, p-t. and cap. Giles co. 
^«. on KigRtendc^eelt. 



Pulaski, 
Slaves 637 
Pulaski. 



Ky. Pop. 7,5^ i, 



CO. 

Chief t. Somei-set. 
CO. Arkansas. Pop. 
in 1825,2,104. Slaves 249. Chief 
t. Cadron. 

Pulteney. See Poulfney. 

Pulteney, p-t. Steuben co. Nl''. 
on the W. side of Crooked lake, 
11 m. N. Bath, 8 SE. Pennyau. 
Pop. 1,162. 

Pulteneyvilk, p-v. Wayne cO. 
i\Y. on lake Ontario, a plaice of 
considerable' trade. 16 m. N. Pal- 
myra. 

Pultney, t. Belmont co. O. on 
Ohio river, 10 m. SE. St. Claira- 
viile, 9 m. below Wheeling, Va, 
Pop. 1,057. 

rurysburg, t. Beaufort disl. 
SC. on Savannah river, 20 m. 
above Savannah. 

Put-in-Bay, bay, in the largest 
of the Bass islands, lake Erie, 14. 
m. NW. by N. Sandusky. 

Putnam, t. Lincoln co. Me. 3.0 
m. Wiscasset. Pop. 652. 

Putnam, co. NY. Sq. n8.]252. 
Pop. 11,268. Chief t. Ca^el. 

Putnam, p-t. Washington co. 
NY. on lake Champlain, 28 m. 1^'. 
Sandyliill. Pop. 892. 

Putnam, co. Ga. Pop. 15,475. 
Slaves 7,241. Chief t. Eatonton, 

Putnam, co. Ohio, formed 1820. 

Putnam^ p-t. Muskingum co. 
Ohio, oppd^e ZanesviHe, with 
which it is connected by a bridge. 
Pop. 512. Here is an academy. 

Putnam, co. Indiana. 

Putnam, co. Illinois. 

Putney, p-t. Windham co. Vt. 
on Connecticut river, 10 m. N. 
Brattleborough, 33 S. Windsor. 
Pop. 1,547. 

Pymatuning, t, Mercer co. Pa:. 
jP/)p; 671. ' 



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Quadrant. See Cadron. 

QuanticOy r. Va. runs into the 
Potomac, 4 ni. below Dumfries. 
Qtiapaws, Indians, Arkansas, 
once a powerful tribe, but now 
reduced to 467 souls, living in 3 
villages on the S. side of Arkansas 
river between the towns of Ar- 
kansas and Little Rock. 

Qneechi/y or Waterqueechy, r. 
Vt. runs into Connecticut river,in 
Hartland,2 above Queechy falls. 

Queen Ann, co. Md. Pop. 
34,952. Slaves 5,588. Chief t. 
Centrevillc. 

Queen Ann, p-t. Prince George 
CO. Md. on the W. side of the Pa- 
tuxent, 25 m. NE. Washington 
39 S. by W. Baltimore. 

Queens, co. NY. on Long Isl 
and, sq. m. 355. Pop. 21,519 
Chief t. North Hempstead. 

Queensbury, t. Warren co. NY 
on the Hudson. Pop. 2433. 3 m 
S. Caldwell. 



Queenstozvn, p-t. Queen Ann^ 
CO. Md. on the E. side of Cheste? 
river, 6 m. S. W. Centreville, 20 
E. Annapolis. 

Quemahoning, t. Somerset CO. 
Pa. Pop. 586. 

Quincy, p-t. Norfolk co. Ms. B 
ra. S. Boston. Pop. 1,623. 

Quincy, p-t. cap. Morgan C0i+ 
Illinois. 

Quincy, t. cap. Gadsden cch 
Flor. 26 m. W. by N. Tallahas- 
see. 

Quinebavg, or Mohegnn, r. Ct. 
which rises in Mashapaug pond in 
Union, and passes into Massachu- 
setts, then turning to the S. re-en- 
ters Connecticut, and joins., the 
Shctucket 3 miles above Norwich 
landing. See Thames. 

Quinnipiack, or East river, Ct. 
flows into the N. E. side of New 
Haven harbour. 

Quivrc, r. Mo. flows into the 
Mississippi, in Lincoln coanty. 



R 



liabnn, co. Ga. Pop. 524. Slaves 
15. Chief t. Claytonville. 

Raccoon, t. Gallia co. O. on 
Raccoon creek, which jf^ins the 
Ohio, 12 W. Gallipolis. Pop. 
854. 

Bace Point, the KW. extrem- 
ity of Cape Cod, Ms. 3. m. NW. 
Pi-ovincetown. Lon. 70° 12' W. 
Lat. 420 4' N. 

^ Racket, r. NY. flows into the 
St. Lawrence, 2 m. above St. Re- 
gis, It is navigable for boats 24 
miles, to Norft)lk, above which 



there are cataracts for 30 miles in 
which distance, the river descends 
200 feet. 

Radnor, t. Delaware co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,059. 

Radnor-j t. Delaware co. O. Pop. 
523. 

Rahway, p-t. Essex co. NJ. 
on the river Rahway, which runs 
into Staten Island Sound, 4 miles 
below. Pop. 1,945. 4 m. SW. 
Elizabethtown. 

Raijo, Rio, r. rises 30 or 40 m. 
E. of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and 



fe A g ^l R A. V 

uiowingE. joins the Canadian neat! tensive rolling and slitting mill, 
its mouth. and nail works, a cotton ^factory 

Rainy Lake, on the N. boundary and other mills. The cotton fac- 
of the U.S. in 49° N. lat. dis- tory has in operation 500®- spin- 
charges itself into the lake of the dies and 80 power looms. Here 
Woods. is a village of nearly 100 houses 

Raisin, r. Michigan, which runs, including a presbyterian churcli. 
E. about 60 miles and flows into 40 m. N. New York. 
Lake,Erie, 12 m. N. of Maumee Randolph, p-t. Orange co. Vt. 
bay. ' on two branches of White river 

- Rakish, rhe capital of NC. is|23 m. S. Montpelier, 34 N. Wind- 
in Wake CO. 123 m. NW. New-isor. Pop. 2,487. It contains 3 



bern, 60 N. Favetteville, 27 E. 
Chapel Hill, 140 SSW. Peters- 
burg, it is a beautiful town ; and 
contains a state-house, court- 
house, theatre, 2 banks, 2 acade- 
mies, 2 churches, and 3 printing- 
offices. In the centre of the 
town is Union Square, containing 
10 acres, from which extend 4 
streets, dividing the town into 
four quarters. In the centre of 
these quarters are 4 other squares, 
of 4 acres each. The four large 
streets are 99 ftet wide ; the oth- 
ers 66. The state-house is a 
beautiful building of b»ick, 102 
feet long, 56 broad, and 43 feet 
high, standing on an elevation in 
the centre of Union square. It 
contain* a superb statue of Wash- 
ington, executed by the cele- 
brated Canova, at the expense of 
the State. Pop. in 1816, 1,680, 
of whom 592 were slaves. Lon. 
780 48' W. Lat. 360 44' N. 

Ralphsville, t. Ashtabula co. O. 
on lake Erie, at the mouth of the 
Ashtabula, 11 m. N. Jefferson 

Ralls, CO. Mo. Pop. 1684. Chief 
t. New London. 

Ramapo, or Ring wood, r. NJ. 
meets the Pequanack in Pompton 
plains to form Pompton river. 

Ramapo fVorks, p-v. in Hamp- 
Btead, Rockland co. NY. on 
Kamapo river. The Ramapo 
vcGrk^ cnmhti of a forge, an ax- 



villages, 3 churches, and a flour- 
ishing academy. 

Randolph, p-t. Norfolk co. Ms. 
15 m. S. Boston. Pop. .1,546. 

Randolph, t. Morris co. 'NJ. 
Pop. 1,252. 

Randolph, co. Va. Pop. 3,357. 
Slaves 131. Chief t. Beverly. 

Randolph, co. N. C. Pop. 
11,331. Slares 1,080. 

Randolph, t. Montgomery CO. 
O. 12 ra. NW. Dayton. Pop. 
1,404. p-t. Portage, 328. 

Randolph, co. Ind. Pop. 1,808. 
Chief t. Jackaonboro'. 

Randolph, co. 111. Pop. in 
1825, 3820. Chief t. Kaskaskia. 

Range, t. Madison co. Obv«. 
Pop. 529. 

Raphoe, t. Lancaster co. Pa. 
Pop. 3,216. 

Rapid Ann, r. Va. joins the 
Rappahannock, 10 m. above Fred- 
ericksburg. 

Rapids, CO. La. Pop. 6,065. 
Slaves 3,489. Chief t. Alexandria. 

Rappahannock, r. Va. which ri- 
ses in the Blue Ridge, and running- 
SE. about 130 miles, 'enters 
Chesapeake bay, 30"m. S. of the 
Potomac. It has 4^fathoins^^wa- 
ter to Hobb's hole, and^is naviga- 
ble for vessels drawing 10 feet 
water to Fredericksburg 110 
miles. Measures have been re- 
cently taken to improve the navii 
ga.t ioft, jibove , jfretSeTicksbur g-. 



]•; 



Rariian, r. NJ. is formed by 
two branches unitiug in Somer- 
set county, and falls into Amboy 
bay. Sloops of 80 tons ascend 
to New Brunswick, 17 miles. A 
canal is in progress to connect 
this river near N. Brunswick, with 
the Delaware. See JS,''ew Jersey. 

Rattlesnake, a branch of Paint 
creek. Ohio. 

Ravenna., p-t. and cap. Portage 
CO. Ohio, on the head waters of 
the Mahoning and Cuyahoga riv- 
ers. 35 m. SE. Cleveland, 140 
NE. Columbus. Here is.av/ool 
len factory. Pop. 418. Lon. 81° 
13' W. Lat. 4P ir N. 

Rawsonsville, or Fonda''s hush 
p-v. Montgomery co. NY. on a 
creek 10 m. fr. Johnstown. 

Ray, CO. Mo. Pop. 1789. Chief 
t. Bluffton. 

Raymond, p-t. Cumberland co. 
Me. 24 m. N. Portland. Pop 
1,396. 

Raymond, p-t. Rockingham co 
NH. 25 m. W. Portsmouth, 28 
from Concord. Pop. 951. 

Raynham, p-t. Bristol co. Ms. 
on Taunton river, 3 m. E. Taun- 
ton, 32 S. Boston. Fop. 1,071. 
Bar iron, hollow ware, nails, &c. 
are manufactured here. 

Readjield, p-t. Kennebeck co. 
Me. 7 ra, W. Augusta. Pop. 1,513. 

Reading, p-t. Windsor co. V t. 
9 m. W. Windsor. Fop. 1,603. 

Reading, p-t. Middlesex co. 
Ms. 12 m. N. Boston. Pop. in- 
cluding South Reading, 2,797. 

Readins:, p-t. Fairfield co. Ct. 
60 SW^ Hartford. Pop. 1,678. 

Reading, p-t. Steuben co. NY. 
on the W. side of Seneca lake. 
Rock stream here flows into the 
lake :; and 30 rods from itsrnouth, 
has falls of 140 ft. nearly perpen 
dicular. 15 m. SE. Penn-Yan, 2; 
NE. Rath. Pop. 3009. 



242 RED 

Reading, t. Adams co. Pa. Pop. 
833. 

Reading, p-t. and cap. Berks 
CO. Pa. on the Schuylkill, 54 m. N. 
W. Philadelphia, 44 SW Bethle- 
hem, 31 NE. Lancaster, 54 E. 
Harrisburg. It is a flourishing 
town, regularly laid out, and in- 
habited chiefly by Germans ; and 
contains a court-house, jail, an 
elegant church for German Lu- 
therans, one each for Calvinists, 
Roman Catholics, and Friends. 
It is famous for the manufacture 
of hats. Pop. 4,332. 

Reading, t. Perry co. O. Pop. 
1,821. 

Readington, or Riddenton, t. 
Hunterdon co. NJ. 17 m. NW. 
Nev/ Brunswick. Pop. 1,964. 

i?erfjBanfc,t. Armstrong CO. Pa. 
Pop. 2,042. 

Red cedar. See Cassina. 

Red hook, p-t. Dutchess co. 
NY. on the Hudson, contains 
three post villages : Red hook, 
Red hook landing, and Upper 
Red hook. At Upper Red 
hook there is a flourishing acade- 
In the town are 4 churches, 
and several cotton and woolleu 
factories. 23 m. N. Poughkeepsie, 
20 S. Hudson. Pop. 2714. 

Red Lion, hundred, Newcastle 
CO. Del. Pop. 929. 

Red River, a river of lake Win- 
nipeck in the British dominions. 
It is formed by the union of the 
Otter Tail and Sioux rivers. Otter 
tail rises near the sources of the 
Mississippi and flowing W. 150 
miles receives the Sioux, which 
issues from lake Travers near St. 
Peter's river. The united stream 
flows N. and crosses the 49th de- 
gree of N. lat. the boundary of 
the U. States, just N. of the vil- 
lage of Pembina. 

Red River, r. which enters the 



Hi: 



Mississippi from the W. in 
910 45' ^. lat. 31° 5' N. It is 
navigable to the great raft about 
500 miles. Of its sources we are 
as yet ignorant. The Raijo was 
commonly supposed to be its prin- 
cipal branch, but the expedition 
to the Rocky mountains under 
Major Long has proved this opin- 
ion to be erroneous. A detach- 
ment of this expedition was to 
have descended Red river and 
finding a considerable stream to 
the S. of the Raijo, they followed 
it down, assured by the Indians 
also that it was the river of which 
they were in quest. It led them, 
however to the Arkansas, and 
proved to be Canadian river. By 
this mistake, they ascertained 
that the Raijo of Humboldt is 
no other thin a N. branch of the 
Canadian, and the sources of Red 
river, it is now supposed, must be 
looked for on the high plains con- 
siderably to the South. 

Red River, i. Pulaski co. Ar- 
kansas. Fop. 116. 

Redfield, p-t. Oswecro co. NY. 
30 m. N. Ro:ne. Pop.^336. 

Redstone, t. Fayette co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,207. 

Reedsbnrough, t. Bennington 
CO. Vt. 12 SE. Bennington. Pop. 
630. 

Reedy Island, in the Delaware, 
3 miles long, 50 ra. below Phila- 
delphia. 

Rehoboth, p-t. Bristol co. Ms. 
on the E. side of the Seekhonk, 
15 ra. W. Taunton, 37 SW. 
Boston. Pop. 2,740. 

Rehoboth, hundred, Susse.K co. 
Del. Pop. with Lewes, 1,657. 

Remsen, p-t. Oneida co. !sY. on 
Black river, 16 N. Utica. Pop. 
912. 

Rensselaer, co. NY. Sq. m. 572. 
Pot>. 40,153, in 1825, 44,165. Chief 



243 R i C 

Ion. towns, Troy and Lansingburgii, 



Renssela-'.r, v. in Berlin, Rens- 
selaer co. NY. with an extensive 
manufactory of window glass, 12 
m. E. Albany. 

Rensselaer-ville, p-t. Albany co, 
NY. on a small creek wiiich joins 
the Catskili. It contains several 
extensive tanneries. 24 m. SW, 
Albany. Pop. 3,435. 

Reynoldsburg, p-t. and cap. 
Humohreys co. Te. 

Rhea, co. Te. Pop. 4,215. 
Slaves 334. Chief t. Washington. 

Rhin-ebeck, p-t. Dutchess co. N 
Y. on the Hudson, with rich and 
extensive flats. 17 m. N. Pough- 
keepsie, 67 S. Albany. Pop. 
2,729. 

Rhode Island, one of the U. 
States, bounded N. and' E. by 
Massachusetts ; S. by the Atlan- 
tic, and W. by Connecticut. It 
is 49 miles long from N. to S. and 
on its northern boundary, 29 
broad. Area 1,580 sq. miles. 
Lon. 710 6' to 7P 52' W. Lat. 
410 1 7' to 420 |>j. Pop. 83,059. 

In no State in the Union is so 
large a proportion of the popula- 
tion and capital employed in man- 
ufacturing as in Rhode-Island. 
The principal article is cotton 
goods. There are now more than 
90 cotton mills in the State. The 
other manufactures arc of wool- 
len goods, iron, ardent spirits, fcc. 
V^alue of the manufactures in 
1810, ^<^4,106,074. Value of ex- 
ports in 1320, |1,072,762, of 
which nearly one half was for- 
eign produce. Amount of ship- 
ping in 1819, 39,044 tons. 

Rhode Island, isl. from which 
the above State takes its name, 
iu Narraganset bay, 15 miles long, 
and on an average three and a 
half broad. 

Riceboraugh, p-t; and cap. Lib- 



4x.iYyo- ^a. on Newpovt iriver, 32 
til. S. Savannah. 

Richfield, p-t. Otsego co. NY. 
■J3 NW.Cooperstown. Pop.1.772. 

Puchfield, t. Ashtabula co. O, 
on Grand river, 5 ni. SW. Jeffer- 
son. Pop. 193.— Medina co. 357. 

Richford, p-t. Franklin co. Vt. 
on Missisque river, 24 m. NE. St. 
Albans. 44 ra. NE. Burlington. 
Pop. 440. 

RichhiU, t. Green co. Pa. Pop. 
ff87. 

Richhill, t. Muskingum co. O. 
32SE. Zanesville. Pop.-706. 

Richland, p-t. OsAvego co. NY. 
on Lake Ontario, 55 NW. Utica. 
Pop. 2,728. 

Richland, t. Bucks co. Pa. Pop. 
1,385. p-t. Venango, 1,031. 

Richland, dis. SC. Pop. 12,321. 
Slaves 7,627. Chief t. Colum- 
bia. 

Richland, r. Te. joins Elk riv- 
er, and is navigable 12 miles to 
Pulaski. 

Riehlmid, co. O. Pop. 9,169. 
Chief t. Mansfield. 

Richland, 7 tow^ns O. viz. t. 
Belmont, co. Pop. 2,738.— Clin- 
ton, 1,066.— Coshocton, 139.— 
Darke, 225.— Fairfield, 1,071.— 
Guernsey, 869. — ^Jackson, 182. 

Richmond, p-t. Chittenden co. 
Tt. on Onion river, 13 m. SE. 
Burlington. Pop. 1,014. 

Richmond, p-t. Cheshire eo. N. 
H. 12 fr. Keene. Pop. 1,391. 

Richmond, p-t. Berkshire co. 
Mass. 7 m. W. Lenox, 130 W. 
Boston. Pop. 923. 

Richmond, p-t. Washington co. 
PJ. 30 m. S. Providence. Pop. 
1,423. 

Richmond, co. NY. comprises 
,Staten Island, so. in. 77. 
6,135. 



Hic 

court-house jail, and 2 ebUVcJi^s*, 
12 m. S. New York. 

Richm/md, p-t. Ontario co. NY. 
16 m. SW. Canandaigua, 232 W. 
Albany. Pop. 2,765. 

Richmond, p-t. Berks co. Pfii. 
Pop. 1,135. 

Richmond, co. Va. Pop. 5,70$. 
Slaves 2,664. 

Richmond,the metropolis of Va. 
is in Henrico co. on the N. side of 
James river, immediately below 
the falls, and directly opposite 
Manchester, vi^ith which it is con- 
nected by two bridges. The sit- 
uation is healthy, as well as highly 
picturesque and beautiful. A 
part of the city is built on the 
margin of the river; the rest 
upon Shockoe hill, which over- 
looks the lower part of the city» 
and commands an extensive and 
delightful prospect of the river 
and adjacent country. 

Richmond is finely situated fot 
a commercial and manufacturing 
city, being at the headof tide wa- 
ter, and having an extensive back 
country, abounding with tobacco^ 
wheat, and coal. The value of 
the produce exported from Rich- 
mond and Manchester is about 
|8,000,000 annually. Shipping in 
1816, 9,943 tons. James river is 
navigable for vessels of 250 tons 
to Vvarwick, and for those of 125 
to Rockets, a mile below Rich- 
mond. 

The state-house or capitol is 
built m a commanding situation 
on Shockoe hill. The design was 
taken from La maison Quaree at 
Nimes, but the execution falls 
greatly short of the original. In 
the centre of a spacious hall, in 
Pop.jthe middle of the building, stands 
a marble statue of Washing^ton, 



Richmond, p-v. and cap. oflexecuted in Paris 
Ifif'^newd ro. NY. roBfrfr>is r' The ojty <r}f=n conffiln!? ^ f^fn- 



iXxi^ 



m 



4i.i' 



{ipxi^ ajid elegant court-honse, alLewiston on Niagara river, a tii]-.- 
tance of 78 miles. It is in some 
places only 40 yards wide. Its 
general altitude above the neigh- 
bouring land is 30 feet ; and 
about 139 above lake Ontario, 
from which it is distant from 6 to 
10 miles. It once, probably, forra- 



state-prison of brick, which cost 
|.'135,402 i a jail, alms-house, 2 
market-houfses, a museum, an 
academy of fme arts, Lancaste- 
rian school, female orphan asy- 
lum, 3 banks including a branch 
of the U. S. bank, 2 insurance 



companies, 4 tobacco ware- |ed the margin of the lake. 



houses, 8 churches, 2 for Episco- 
palians, 2 for Methodists, and 1 
each for Presbyterians, Baptists, 
Friends, and Jev/s. Among the 
manufacturing estabiishme^nts, 
are the Virginia Annory, where 
are manufactured annually up- 
wards of 4,000 stand of muskets, 
300 rifles, and 1,000 swords and 
pistol? ; a glass-house, siigar-re- 
iinery, iron-foundry, rolling and 
■ slitting-mill, nail-factory, and cot- 
ton-mill. Pop. 22,067. 114 m. 
WNW. NorfoIk,22 N. Petersburg, 
123 SSW. Washington citv. Lat. 
57° 30' N. Lon. 77° 36' 13" W. 

Richmond, co. NC. Pon. 7,537. 
Slaves 2,021. Cliief t. Rocking- 
liam. 

Richmond, co. Ga. Pop. 8608. 
Slaves 4,831. Chief t. Augusta. 

Richmond^ p-t. and cap. Madi- 
son CO. Ky. 

Richmond, p-t. Boss co. Ohio, 
on Salt creek, a mill-stream which 
falls into the Scioto, a mile be- 
low. 14 m. SE. Chillicothe. Pop. 
249. — p-t. Jefferson co. 10 m. 
IN' VV. Steubenville. 

Ridgehury^ t. Bradford co. Pa. 
Pop. 210. 

Ridgefield, p-t. Fairfield co. Ct 



Ridgeville, p-t. Warren co. O- 
7 m. N. Lebanon. — p-t. Cuyahoga. 
Pop. 295. 

Ridgeway, p-t. Orleans co. NY. 
on the Erie canal,26 m. N.Batavia, 
Pop. 1,496. 

Ridley, t. Delaware co. Pa. Pop. 
893. 

Riga, p-t. Monroe co. NY. on 
the W. side of Genesee river, IX 
m. SW. Rochester. Pop. 3,H9, 

Rigolets, the channel or strait 
which connects Lake Ponchaj- 
train with Lake Borgne. 

Rigoleis de bon Diev, r. La. 
which branches oftTrom Red rivea* 
near Natchitoches, and unites 
again with it, 25 m. above Alexan- 
dria. 

Riley, t. Oxford co. Me. 30 m. 
NW. Paris. 

Riley, p-t. Butler co. Ohio, 10 
m. W. Hamilton. Pop. 1,451. 

Rindge, p-t. Cheshire co. NH. 
56 m. SW. Concord, 60 NW. Bos- 
ton. Pop. 1,293. 

Ripley, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 
Pop. 325. 

Ripley, p-t. Chatauque co. NY. 
on Lake Erie. 12 m. W. Mav- 
viile. Pop. 1,111. 

Ripley, p-t. and cap. Brown co. 



10 m. SW. Danbury, 55 NE. New Ohio, on the Ohio, 46 m. SE. Cin- 



York. Pop. 2,301 



cinnati. Pop. 421. 



335 



Ridgejield. t. Huron co. O. Pop. | Ripley, co. Ind. Pop. 1,822 



Ripley, t. Bond co. 111. on Shoal 



Ridge road, a remarkable ridgeicreek, a branch of the Kaskaskia, 
of land which commences near|20 m. E. Edwardsville. 



the mouth of Genesee river, NY 
a'nd rnns in a w?sr, direction 



Rip raps, shoals, in Chesapeake 
tp'.bay, ©n which is Fort Gafhoun. 



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246 R O C 

434. 15 m. NNW. Eastport. 

Robertson, co. Te. Pop. 9,938. 

Slaves 2,520. Chief t. Spring- 



Jlipion., t. Addison co. Yt. Pop 
42 20 SW. Montpelier. - . ,,, . „ ^ 

Risin<r Sun, p-t. Dearborn co. Slaves 2,520. Chief t 
Ind. on^he Ohio, 18 m. below field. , ^ , ,, p, 

Lawrenceburg. , J?o6.son, t. Berks co. Pa 

Rivanna, r. Va. runs into the 2,0b5 
N. side of James river, at Colum- 

Riverhead, t. and cap. Suffolk 



,....„, t ^ 

CO NY. on the N. side of Long 
Island, 90 m. E. New York. Pop. 
1857. , ^ 

Roane,co. Ten. on the Tennes- 
see at the junction of the Clinch 
and Holston. Pop. 7,895. Slaves 
814. Chief t. Kingston. 

Roanoke, r. is formed by the 
Staunton and Dan, near the S. 
boundary of Va. and flowing SE. 
falls into the head of Albemarle 
sound. Its navigation is unob- 
Btructed to Halifax, near the 
loot of the Great Falls, 75 miles, 
for vessels of 45 tons. At the 
Great Falls the river descends 
100 feet in a distance of 12 m. ; 
but a canal now completed 
around these falls to Rock land- 

infl, opens the navigation for bat-.-' -■-- - _^ 

eauv as far as the junction of Genesee, at the liead of 
teaux as i*^! "-^ r^. A..- 'T'u„ fv,iic . •? ,^ l<^s ft-nm Ch.arlott 



the Dan and the Staunton. Ihe 
Dan has been made navigable to' 
DanvUle, and for some distance 
above, and the Staunton is navi- 
gable for some distance for boats 
of 5 tons. 

Roanoke Little, r. Va. runs into 
the Staunton, 15 above Dan river, 

Roanoke, isl. NC. at the en- 
trance into Albemarle sound 



Pop. 



Robeson, CO. fsC. Pop. 8,204. 
Slaves 2,099. Chf t. Lumberton. 

Robinson, t. Alleghany co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,392.— Washington, 925. 

Rochcster,p-t. Strafford co. NH. 
on Salmon Fall river. One term 
of the court of common pleas is 
held here. The principal village, 
Norway plains, contains a court- 
house, church, and several manu- 
factories. 22 m. N. Portsmouth. 
Pop. 2,471. 

Rochester, p-t. Windsor co. \ t. 
34 NW. Windsor. Pop. 1,148. 

Rochester, p-t. Plymouth co. 
Mass. on Buzzard's bay, 20 m. 
SW. Plymouth, 48 S. Boston. 
Lon. 7(P 40' V/. Lat. 41° 42' N. 
Pop. 3,034. 

Rochester, p-t. Ulster co. N\ . 
14 m. SW. Kingston. Pop. 2062. 

Rochester, p-v. and cap. Mon- 
roe CO. NY. on the W. bank of the 
the 



falls ; 7 miles from Charlotte, at 
the mouth of the river, and 2 
miles above the lower falls to 
which point sloops ascend from 
the lake. At Rochester, the river 
falls perpendicularly 97 feet. The 
Erie canal passes through the vil- 
lage, and crosses the river eight} 
rods above the falls, by a stone 
ance m.o ^....uax.. ....... aqueduct, 530 feet long, and rest- 

Roanoke Inlet, NC. leads into ing upon 11 arches. From the 
\lbemarle sound. Lon. 76° W. canal, a branch canal proceed 



Lat. 35° 56' N. 

Robbinston, p-t. Washington 
CO. Me. at the mouth of the St 
Croix, opposite St. Andrews, 
N. B. It is a place of considera- 
ble trade, and carries on ship 
l>nildi»g to ^ome extent. Top. 



along the E. bank of the river ta 
the head of the rapida, 2 miles 
above the falls, whence the Gen- 
esee is navigable through a fer- 
tile countrv, for 70 miles. The 
growth of Rochester has been re- 
markablv ronid, since its fir^t set- 



ROC 247 ROC 

tlement in 1812. There were in Iriver village, which has a ciiurci/, 
1823, 572 dwelling-houses, 60 oripost-office, a large grist-mill, 2 
70 stores, a variety of mechanics'! woollen factories, a forge, fur- 
shops, 3 rifle manufactories, 5;nace, &c. 22 S. Windsor, 25 N. 



copper, tm, and sheet-iron facto- 
ries, 2 trip-hammers, 2 furnaces, 
3 cotton and woollen factories, a 
paper-mill, 6 Hour-mills, 7 saw- 
mills, &c. &c. The quantity 
of flour exported in 1822, was 
130,000 barrels. Rochester con- 
tains a stone court-house, a jail, a 
bank, 2 printing-offices, from each 
of which a weekly newspaper is 
issued, and t> churches. The pop- 
ulation in 1820, v/as 1767; in 
1822, 2,500; in 1823, 3731; in 
1825,5,271. 63 m. E. Lockport, 
77 E. Lewiston, 28 NW. Canan- 
daigua, 236 WNW. Albany, 160 
from Ogdensbnrgh, 100 fr. York 
and Kingston, UC. 

Rock, t. Harrison co. O. 16 m 
N. Cadiz. Pop. 700. 

Rockaway, p-t. Morris co. NJ 
on the Rockaway, a branch of the 
Passaic, 7 N. Morristown. 

Rockaway beach,in Hempstead, 
LI. 20 m. from New York, is much 
resorted to for sea-bathing. 

Rockbridge,co. Va. Pop. 11,945. 
Slaves 2,612. Chief t. Lexington. 
See Cedar creek. 

Rockcastle, co. Ky. Pop. 2,249. 
Slaves 155. Chief, t. Mount Ver- 
non. 

Rockdale, p-t. Crawford co. Pa. 
Pop. 776. 

Rock hill, p-t. Berks co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,567. 

Rockingham, p-t. Windham co. 
Vt. on Connecticut river. Tt con- 



Brattleboro', 85 fr. Montpelier. 
Pop. 2155. 

Rockingham, co. NH. sq. m. 
1,034. Pop. 55,246. Chief towns, 
Exeter and Concord. 

Rockingham, co. Va. Pop. 
14,784. Slaves 1,871. Chief t. 
Harrisburg. 

Rockingham, co. NC. Pop. 
11,474. Slaves, 2974. 

Rockingham, t. and cap. Rich- 
mond CO. NC. 74 m. fr. Hillsboro'. 
Rockland, co. NY. sq. m. 161. 
Pop. 8,837. Chieft. Clarkestown. 
Rockland, p-t. Sullivan co. NY. 
Pop. 405. 22 fr. Monticello. 

Rockland, t. Berks co. Pa. Pop. 
1,130.— Venango CO. 373. 

Rock Landing. See Weldon. 
Rockporf, p-t. Cuyahoga co. O. 
on Lake Erie at the mouth of 
Rocky river. 10 m. W. Cleve- 
land. Pop. 157. 

Rockporf, p-t. and cap. Spencer 
CO. In. 

Rockville, p-t. and cap. Mont- 
gomery CO. Md. 14 m. fr. Wash- 
ington. 

Rocky Fork, O. joins Licking 
river, 7 E. Newark. 

Rocky Mount, p-t. and cap. 
Franklin co. Va. 25 m. N.Martins- 
burg. 

Rocky Mountains, a name given 
to that part of the great American 
range which lies in the U. States, 
and British America. They are 
a continuation of the Cordilleras 



tains 3 villages: Rockingham 'of Mexico. 

with a church; Bellows falls, at! Rocky River, r. Ind. falls into 

which are a post-office, an Episco-, the Wabash, 78 m. above Vin- 

pal church, an extensive paper- icennes. 

mill, and other mills, and a print"! Rocky river, navigable r. 111. 

ing-office, from which a weekly j which flows into the Mississippi, 

newspaper is issued ; and Saxton'sOOm. above the mouth of tho J[^ 



H © o 2k 

iinois. At its mouth, on Rock 
Island, is a fort and U. S. garri- 
son. 

Rodman, p-t, Jefferson co. NY. 
Pop. 1,735. 

Rogerstown, p-t. and cap. Haw- 
kins CO. Ten. on the Holston 
Here are a bank, academy, and 



H. Q X 



printing-office. 9 miles NW. of 814. 

this place is a salt-lick. In the 

neighbourhood also is a spring 

^vith a regular ebb and flood. 65 

m. ENE. Knoxville. 

Rogerstown, t. Missouri, 40 m. 

SW. St. Louis. 
Roman, Cape, on the W. coast 

of Florida. Lat. 26° 3' N. 
Rome, t. Kennebeck co. Me. 22 

m. N. Augusta. Pop. 533. 

Rome, p-t. and half-shire Onei- 
da CO. NY. on the Erie canal, and 
on the V^. side of Mohawk fiver 
at the head of navigation. The 
village stands 80 rods N. of the 
canal, between the Mohawk and 
Wood creek, which are here con- 
nected b_y a navigable canal, a 
mile and a half in length. The 
site was formerl)' occupied by 
old Fort Stanwix, built by the 
British in 1753, at the carrying 
place between the two streams! 
The village contains about 200 
houses, including a court-house 



on the Erie canal. 12 m. SW. 
Johnstown. 

Rose, t. Stark co. O. Pop. 380. 

Ross, t. Allechany co. Pa. Poo. 
1,979. Northampton, 873. 

Ross, CO. Ohio. Pop. 20,619. 
Chief t. Chillicothe. 

Ross, p-t. Green co. O. Pop. 



Rossic, p-t. St. Lawrence co. 
NY. on the St. Lawrence, 26 m. 

tove Ogdensburg. Here are ex- 
tensive iron works. Pop. 869. 

RossvUle, p-t. Butler co. O. on 
the Miami, opposite Hamilton. 
Pop. 1,665. 

RossvUle, p-v. Cherokee Na- 
tion, Ga. on the S. side of the 
Tennessee. 50 m. SSW. Wash- 
ington, Te. Here is a Methodist 
missionary station. 

Rotierdam, t. Schenectady co. 
NY. on the Erie canal. 4 m. SW. 
Schenectady. Pop. 1,529. 

Rouge, r. Michigan, joins De- 



jail, printing-office, and Presby 
terian church. Here is a U. S 
arsenal. 15 m. NW. Utica. 110 
W. Albany. Pop. 3,569. 

Rome, t. Athens co. Ohio. Pop. 
491. Lawrence co. 3[,f9. 

Romney, p-t. and cap. Hamp- 
shire CO. Va. on the SW. branch 
of the Potomac, 50 m. N. Win- 
chester, 190 NW. Richmond. 

Romulus, p-t. Seneca co. NY. 
bordered by Cayuga and Seneca 
lakes. 6 m. N. Ovid, 12 S. Water- 
Jot). Pop. 3,698. 



l>>. * . nit \ ,,,-, -""^ii/w/y, p-L. noriOlK CO. r 

mot, p-t. .Montgoinery co. NY. 2 m. SW. J^oston. Pop. 4,-^ 



troit nver, 5 m. below Detroit. 

Round Top. See Ca f skill. 

Rouse's point. See Cliamplain. 

Rowan, co. NC. Pop. 26,000. 
Slaves 5,381. Chief t. Salisbury. 

Roroe, p-t. Franklin co. Ms. 17 
m. NW. Greenfield, 103 WNW. 
Boston. Pop. 851. 

Rowlet, p-t. Potter CO. Pa. Pop. 
53. ' 

Rowley, p-t. Essex co. JVL^. \3 
m. N. Salem, 28 NE. Boston. Pod 
1,825. ^ 

Roxborough, p-t. Philadelphia 
CO. Pa. on the Schuylkill, 7 m. 
NW. Philadelpliia. Pop. 1,682. 

Roxborough, p-t. and cap. Per- 
son CO. NC. 

Roxbury, t. Washington CO. Vt. 
15 m. SW. Montpelier. Pop. 512. 

Roxbury, t. Cheshire co. NH. 5 
m. E. Keene. Pop. 366. 

Roxbury, p-t. Norfolk co. Mi^, 



tioxbury, p-t. Litchfield co. Ct.jNF. 28 m. SE. Ogdensburg, 10, 



32 NW. New Haven. Pop. 1,124. 

Roxbury, p-t. Delaware co. NY. 
2i m. E. Delhi, 4!) W. Catskili. 
Pop. 2,488. 

Roxbury^ t. Morris co. NJ. 45 
m. N. Trenton. Pop. 1,792. 

Roxbury^ t. Washington co. O. 
Pop. 397. 

Royalton, p-t. Windsor co. Vt. 
on White river, 25 m. NW. Wind 



SW. Plattsburgh. Pop. 486. 

Russell^ CO. Va. Pop. 5,530. 
Slaves 526. Chief t. Franklin. 

Russelville, p-t. cap. Franklin 
CO. Al. 

Russellville, p-t. and cap. Lo- 
gan CO. Ky, It contains a court- 
house, jail, bank, academy for fe- 
males, meeting-house, two print- 
inop-offices, and about 170 houses. 



sor. Here is a handsome village, 1200 m. SW. Le.xington, 85 S. 



with a' Congregational church 
and an academy. Pop. 1,816. 

Royalton, p-t. Worcester co 
Ms. 36 m. NW. Worcester, 70 
WNW. Boston. Pop. 1,424. 

Royalton, p-t. Niagara co. NY. 
on the canal, 6 m. E. Lockport. 
Pop. 1,849. 

Royalton^ D-t. Cuyahoga co. O 
Pop. 225. p-t'. Fairfield, 10 m. W' 
Lancaster. 

Ruggles, t. Huron co. Ohio. 

Rtirnford, p-t. Oxford co. Me. 
20 m. N. Pai-is. Pop. 871. 

Rumney, p-t. Grafton co. NH. 
7 m. NW. Plymouth. Pop. 864. 

Ravert, p-t. Bennington co. Vt. 
6 m. "NE. Salem. Pop. 1,332. 

Ruscomb manor, t. Berks co. 
Pa. Pop. 1,057. 

Rush, p-t. Monroe co. NY. 15 
m. S. Rochester. Pop. 1,001. 

Rush, t. Centre co. Pa. Pop. 
173. Northumberland, 1,192. p-t. 
Susquehannah, 242. Schuylkill, 
253. 

Rush, CO. Indiana. 

Rushjbrd, p-t. AUe^anv co. 
NY. 12 m. W. Angelica. "Pop. 
609. 

Rushville, p-t. Fairfield co. O. 
on Rush creek. 10 m. E. Lancas- 
ter, 26 SW. Zaneaville. Pop. 1304. 

Rushville, p-t. cap. Rush co In. 

Russell, p-t. Hampden co. Ms. 
Springfield. Pop. 491. 



14 m. W 

Ri'ssell 



p-t- St. Lawrence co 



Louisville, 180 SW. Frankfort. 
Pop. 1,712. 

Russia, p-t. Herkimer co. NY. 
on West Canada creek, 20 m. N. 
Herkimer. Pop. 1,685. 

Russia iron works. See Penc. 

Rutherford, co. NC. Pop. 
15,351. Slaves 3,371. 

Rutherford, co. W. Ten. Pop. 
19,552. Slaves 5,187. Chief t. 
Mnrfreesborough. 

Rutherfordton, p-t. and cap. 
Rutherford co. NC. 45 m. S. Mor- 
gantown. Here is an academy. 

Rutland, co. Vt. sq. m. 958. 
Pop. 29,983. 

Rutland, p-t. and cap. Rutland 
CO. Vt. on Otter creek, which 
flows through the centre of the 
town from S. to N. It is divided 
into the East and West parishes. 
The village in the East parisli 
stands 2 miles from the creek and 
contains the court-house and jail, 
a Congregational church, a bank 
with a capital of |100,000 ; and a 
printing-office, from which a 
weekly newspaper is issued. In 
West Rutland village, 3 miles 
from the court-honse, are a Con- 
gregational church and an acade- 
my. On the creek between the 
two villages, is a small settle- 
ment at Gookins fidis, with a 
woollen factory aud a large pa- 
per-mill. 50 m. SW. Montpe- 
lier, 60 S. Burlington, .52 N. Eon- 



Y 2 



h A Q i2iO .8 A L: 



lUjifftDii. Population 2,369. 

SutlanoL, p-t. Worcester co. 
Ms. 14 m. NW. Worcester, 52 
W. Boston. Pop. 1,262. 

Rutland, p-t Jefferson co. NY. 
on I51ack river. 6 m. E. Water- 
town. Pop. 1,946. 

Rutland, t. Meigs co. Ohio. 
Pop. 725. 

Rutledge, p-t. and cap. Granger 
CO. Te. 

Rye, t. Piockingham co. NH. on 



the coast, \vith a harbour for ves;- 
sels of 60 or 70 tons. 6 m. .S; 
Portsmouth. Pop. 1,127. 

Rye, p-t. Westchester co. NY. 
on Long Island sound, 25 m. NE:. 
New York. Pop. 1,342. 

Rye, t. Cumberland co. Pa. o;i 
the W^. side of the Susquehannah. 
Pop. 1,2.33. Perry co. 1,740. 

Ryegafe, p-t. Caledonia co. Yt. 
on Connecticut river. 33 m. J- 
Montoelier. Pop. 994. 



Sahine, r. which forms the cellent stone barracks stand upon 
boundary between Louisiana and the bank of the bay, about 4U0 
the Spanish province of Texas,!yards east of the village. In the 
and flows iniothegulf of Mexico, village are a printing-office, and 2 
250 m. W. of the Balize. It is churches. The steani-hoats touch 
jiavigable 280 miles, but the bar at tliis place. Shipjnng in 1S16, 
at its mouth has only 4 feet water. 616 tons, 12 m. W. Watertowu, 

Sable, r. NY. flows into lake 63 SW^ Ogdensburgh, 78 N. Uti- 
Champlain, a mile N. Port Kent, ca. Lon. 7-fi 57' ^V. Lat. 4;P 
after an E. course of 45 miles. It, 55' N. Pop. 1337, exclusive of the 
has numerous falls. For Adgate's IJ. S. troops, 
falls, see Chesterjield. [ Saco, r. NH. the princioiil 

Sable, Cape, on W^ coast of source of which is in a pond in the 
Florida. Lat. 25° 2' N. {Notch of the White mountains, 

Sacandaga, r. NY. runs into thejonly 60 rods from the Ammonct/- 
Hudson, in Hadley. 'sue. Another branch rises n<^r 

Sacarnppa, p-v. in Westbrook, the summit of the mountains, and 
Cumberland co. Me. on the Pre- descending in a successioii of tlie 
sumpscut. Here are 14 saw-mills, most romantic cascades joins the 
4 m. from Portland. main stream near the notch. At 

Sackef sHctrbou?; p-v. and port Bnrtlett, the united stream re- 
of entry in Hounsfield, Jefferson ceives Ellis river also rising high 
CO. NY. on a branch of Chaumont in the mountains. It then runs 
bay, at the E. end of lake Onta- SE. into Maine and falls into the 
rio. The harbour is perhaps the sea, between Saco and Biddefcrd. 
best on the lake. It is well situ- Saco, p-t. and port of entry, 
ated both for shelter and defence, York, co. Me. on the NE. side of 
and is suflilciently deep for the Saco river, at its mouth, 15 w 
largest vessels. Here are several SW. Portland, 29 NE. York, lOo 
ships of war built during the late NNE. Boston. It is ell situated 
"war^^and among them two ships ofifor trade and manuf\<ctures.^ The 
itfto lineof th^ fT'rst rate. V«ry.rx. piincinal vfllagc is rtt the ta'Ils, 6- 



iu.es from the mouth of the river, [harbour and considerable triue 



(Some companies have recently 
purchased valuable mill y^rivi- 
leges at these falls, with a view to 
the erection of large manufacto- 
aies. In the villaae are a bank 
and an academy. Pop. 2,532. 

Saddle Mountain., in Adams 
and Williamstcwn, Ms. the higri- 
est land in the state. It consists 
of the N. and S. summits. Thf». 
S. summit is 3,700 feet above the 
valley below. 

Saddle River, i. Bergen co. NJ. 
Pop. 2,291 . t. and cap. Salem co. 
on Delaware river. 

Sad'sfniry, p-t. Crav/ford co. Pa. 
Pop. 789. Chester, 1,539. Lan- 
caster, 1.117. 

Saganaw, bay, Michigan Ter. 
sets up from Lake Huron betv/een 
Point aux Barques on the S. in N.' 
iat. 44° 42' 4G" and Point au Sa- 
ble on the N. The course of the 
bay is nearly sol: th ; it extends injDuriingtoil, 46 NW. Moistpelier, 



Shipping in 1820, 5,735 tons, 22Ui 
of which was employed iu thv- 
v/hale fishery. Pop. 1,296. 

.SY. Alban's, p-t. SomerBot co 
!M&. 30m. E. Norridgewock. Po[i. 
371. 

.SY. Alban's, p-t. and can. Frank- 
lin CO. Vt. on a bay of the same 
name in lake Champiain. The 
village is pleasantly situated, tlie 
ground descendir.g gradually from 
■t, westward, for three miles, 
to the lake. Tlie village i.s regu- 
larly laid out. In the centre, is 
an open square, around which the 
(Hiblic buildings are ei-ected, con- 
sisting of a court -house, jail, bank, 
academy, and 2 churches, 1 fur 
Episcopalians and 1 for Metho- 
dists. A Congregational churcJi 
is about to be erected. Here is a 
printing-oiTice from which a v/eek- 
!y newspaper is issued. 27 m. N. 



length about (iO miles, and is 30 
'\vide at its mouth. It is navigable 
lor vessels of any burden, and its 
numerous coves and islands aflbrd 
good harbours. 

Saganaw, r. Michigan, rises Lm 
the interior undeir the name of 
l-'lint river, and pursuing a course 
f-j. of E. for more than 100 m. is 
joined by the Sciav/assa, Titaba- 
•wassa and Cass rivers ; thence the 
united stream takes the name of 
.Saganaw, and flowing about 32 
miles, empties itself into Saganaw 
bay. It may be easily rendered 
navigable for boats of considera- 
ble burden, for 60 miles, 



70 S. Montreal. Pop. 1,636. 

St. AibartS, t. Lickino- co. Ohio. 
l^op. 361. 

St. J^ndrews, bay, on '.V. coast 
of Elorida, 35 miles ionn-. Lun. 
a.:.o 23' W. 

.S'^. Anthony'* s Falls, in Mis.sis- 
sij)pi river, in Iat. 44° N. 'I'he ri- 
ver here descends perpeiidiculm- 
ly 40 feet, with a formidable rapid 
above vAid below, m.akiiig the 
whole descent in three-fourtiis of 
a mile, 05 feet. The appearance 
is beautiful and picturesque, lu 
1805, the government of tiie V*. 
Stat;>s purchased of the Indians a 
tract of land, around these fulls, ^ 



Sag-anoMJ, p-t. cap. Saganaw CO. miles square; and in 1C19, 300 
Michigan. soldiers were sent to occupy it as 

Sag Harbour, Y>-v. and port of a military position. The. fort 
entry, in Southampton, Suffolk co. [stands on a high bluff at the juuc- 
jNT. on the great bay that dividesjtion of the St. Peter's with tho 
•the east end of Long Island. llOi Mississippi, a spot which com- 
in. ]■/. .^GW York'. It has .a p-ood'mands the r.fivinnfimfn of bofh^ri'- 



>' A f •:, 

vers, and appears capable of being 
jendered impregnable with little 
expeuse. As a military position, 
this place is of great importance, 
being in the neighbourhood of 
Ciany poweiful Indian tribes. 

Si. jiug-ustine, sea-port, p-t. and 
cap. of St. Johns co. Florida, is 
on the east coast, opposite the IV. 
point of St. Anastatia island. Its 
site is a peuinsala, formed by the 
Matanzas and St. Sebastian rivers, 
and from which there is a view 
of the ocean. The town-is regu- 
larlv laid out, and contains about 
280 dwelling-houses, a court- 
heusc, coimcii-house, barracks, a 
printing-office from which a 
weekly newspaper is issued ; Z 
churches, 1 for Roman Catholics, 
and 1 for Presbyterians. There 
are also societies of Episcopalians 
and Methodists. The houses are 
generally two stories high, and 
built of a species of stone pe- 
culiar to the country. There is 
an abundant supply of fresh wa- 
ter. The atrnos;>here is dry and 
healthful, and invalids frequently 
resort hither to enjoy the benefit 
of the climate 

The harbour is good, but has a 
bar at its mouth with only from 8 
to 12 feet watrr ; there is how- 
ever a roadstead outside of the 
bar, which aflords anchorage for 
larger vessels. The town and the 
entrance to the harbour are well 
defended by a tort, built of hewn 
stone, and niountris 60 cannon.'! Slaves 553 



In the rear oi the city, and nearly 
encircling it, but at too great a 
distance to affect the climate, is 
an impenetrable morass, on the 
margin of which are erected six 
redoubts. 367 m. E. Pensacola, 
over a national road. Lat. 29^ 4^;' 
N. Lon. SPSO'W. Pop. in 1824, 
about 1,?500. ^ " 



.2 ?• A 1 

Sf. Bias, isl. and cape, Florida. 
Lon. 850 1 2' W. Lat. 29=* 36' N. 

St Braincrd, parish, La. Pop. 
2,635. Slaves 1,923. 

Si. Caihnrine^s, isl. and sound, 
Ga. at the mouth of Newport ri- 
ver. Lon. 813 15' W. Lat. Sl^ 
38' N. 

'S^ Charles, parish, La. Fop. 
3,862. Slaves 2,987. 

St. Charles, co. Mo. Pop. 3970. 
Slaves 682. 

St. Charles, p-t. and cap. St. 
Charles co. Mo. on the N. side of 
the Missouri, 21 m. from its con- 
fluence with the Mississippi. The 
site is a narrow strip of land, 
which admits of but one street, 
between the river and a bluiT. 
The situation is healthy, and on 
the bluff are fine sites for dwell- 
ing-houses. St. Charles is a place 
of considerable business, which 
increases with the settlement of 
the country. At present the popu- 
lation is about 1,200. Here is an 
academy. 18 m. N"VV. St. Louis. 

Sf. Cfiair, lake, about 90 miles 
in circumference, receives the 
waters of lake Huron through St. ; 
Clair river, and discharges them 
into lake Erie through Detroit 
river. The river St. Clair is about 
40 miles long, and three quarters 
of a mile wide, and navigable for 
large vessels. 

^/. Clair, t. Alleehanv co. Pa. 
Poo. 4,142. Bedford, i;74S. 

St. Clair, CO. Al. Pop. 4,166. 



St. Clair, t. Butler co. O. on the 
Miami, opposite Hamilton. Pop. 
1,307. Columbiana, 1,551. 

St. Clair, CO. III. on the Missis- 
sippi. Pop. in 1825, 4,744. Chief 
t. BellviUe. 

St. CMirsville, p-t. and cap. Bel- 
mont CO. Ohio, 11 m. W. \^^ee- 
ling, 70 E. Zanesville. It is situ- 



ated on elevated grouud, and con-, .Sf. C{(orge, hundred, :uiU p^;.:. 
fains a court-house, jail, market- rxYnvcastle co. Del. Pop '^^34 
Louse, a bank, a printing-office,; ,St. George, r. Md. runa into the 
and o cnurches, for Friends.j Potomac. 

Presbyterians, and Methodists;j SI. George, isl. cape, and bay. 
Pop. 675. jon \V. coast of Florida, at the 

St. Croix, T. Me. called alsojmouthofApalachicola river. Loii. 



PassamaqiioJdi/ and Schoodic, 
Tiins into Passamaquoddy bay. It 
is the boundary between the U. 
^tates and Xew Brunsv/ick, from 
its mouth to its source. It is na- 
vigable for sea vessels, 1^ miles, 
to the falls at Calais. 

67. Croix, r. NW. Ter. enters 
the Mississippi below the St. Pe- 
ter's. 

St. Ferdinand. See Florissant. 

Si. Francis, r. joins the Missis- 
sippi in Arkansas ter. 305 m. be- 
low the Ohio. 



84° 53' VV. Lat. 29= 3^' .\. 

St. Helena., i^l. SC. 1:J miles 
long. Lon. 30° 33' VV. Lat. 32° 
25' N. 

St. Helena, p-t. and narish, tn. 
Pop3,02(i. Slaves 830'. Chief t- 
Springtield. 

St. Jaques, parish, La. Pop. 
5,660. Siaves 3.036. 

•Si. John Baptist, prais]), la 
Pop. 3,854. Slaves 2,209. 

S/. John, t. rises in ?J;!i:ic, a 

little N. of Chesuncook lake, aad 

Large rafts coni-{ passing into New Brunswick 

pletely obstruct the navigation, jempties itself into the bav q'" 

St. Francis, t. Phillips co. Ark. I Fundv. It is navigable for sloops 

on the St. Francis. Lat. 35o N. of 50 tons 80 miles, and with the 

Pop. 480. 



St. Francisville, p-t. Feliciana 
CO. La. on the Mississippi, at the 



exception of two short portages, 
may be ascended by boats quite 
to its source, near "the waters of 



confluence of Bayou Sarali, 150jthe St. Lawrence, a distance of 



jn. above New Orleans, 30 
above Baton Rouge. Pop. 500. 
it is tlie seat of the Louisiana col- 
lege, opened Dec. 1825. 

St. Genevieve, co. Mo. Pon 
4,962. Slaves 983. 
^ St. Genevieve, p-t. and cap. St. 
Genevieve co. Mo. upon a hand- 
some plain, on Gabon rie 



350 mih 
St. John's, 



the principal riv^r 
of Florida, rises in low lands, iii 
N. lat. 28^ 15' and runs N. 150 
miles, expa:idiiig into several 
lakes, particularly lake Geortrc,- 
whicli is 13 miles long and 6 wi^e ; 
■t then flows E. 25 miles and fails 
creek, j into the Atlantic, near lat. 30° N. 



I whicn tails into the Mississippi a|36 m. S. St. Marv's. It is navirra- 
I mue and a half below, and afibrdsjble for vessels which can pa^s tlie 
j a good harbour. It is one oftheibarat its mouth, to the head of 
principal depots of lead from the! lake George. The bar has 13 ie-^t 
i mine coui.try. It contains a court-|at high water. It is pronosed to 
I house jail academy, and Romanlopen a ship channel across the 
(Catholic church. Pop. about 1400. peninsula of Florida, bv a canal 
I ^^- .^^- ''^*- ^""^^- i^''"'^"^ '^his river, to Vacassasa bav 

^^ George, t. Lincoln co. Me. 'on the ffulf of Mexico 
S8m. fr. VViscasset Pop. 1,325.1 St. .fohnsbury, p-t. Caledonia- 
'v/ o S^'^-l'',^ Chittenden co. co. Vt. 31 jn. i^ut.. Mwitp^ifer- 
\^t » SR. Brrrhngttin. Pop. 120.'Pop. l,4?ni- ^ ' 



ii A 1 254 

St. Jones, hundred, Kent co 
Del. Pop. 1,590. 

.S7. Joseph, bay, on W. coast of 
Florida, behind cape St. Bias 

St. Joseph'^s, r. In. joins the St. 
Mary's at fort Wayne, to forn 
Maumee river. 

St. Joseph's, T. Michigan, flows 
into Michigan lake. 

St. Lawrence^ one of the largest 
rivers of N. America, which rises 
near the sources of the Mississip 
pi, and passing through the great 
lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, and 
Ontvio, falls into the gulf of St. 
Lawrence by a mouth 90 miles 
wide. In difterent parts of its 
course, it is known by different 
names. From the sea to lake On- 
tario, it is called the St. Law- 
rence ; between lake Ontario and 
Jake Eric, Aiagara river ; between 
.lake Erie and lake St. Clair, the 
Detroit ; between lake St. Clair 
and lake Huron, the river St. 
Clair ; between lake Huron and 
lake Superior, the St. Mary-form 



S A [ 
and extends along the river about 

2 miles. It is divided by 7 streets, 

3 on the lower and 4 on the upper 
bank, parallel with the river, and 
crossed by others at right angles. 
St. Louis contains a land-office, 
2 banks, a museum, in which is an 
extensive coflection of Indian cu- 
riosities ; 3 printing-offices, each 
of which issues a weekly newspa- 
per; a seminary, called the St. 
Louis college ; and 2 churches, 1 
for Roman Catholics, and 1 for 
Baptists. Measures are taken for 
the erection of a Presbyterian 
church. The college is under the 
care of the Bishop, who is assist- 
ed by 3 professors. The library, 
which is the property of the bish- 
op, contains about 8,000 volumes. 
The number of students in 1324, 
was 67. 

No inland town in the world is 
more advantageously situated for 
commerce than St. Louis. It is 
near the point where several of 
the largest rivers in America unite 



ing thus an uninterrupted con jtheir waters. It is the natural 
nexion for 2,000 miles. It is na-j depot for the vast and fertile re- 
vigable for ships of the line 400 gions watered by the Missouri, 
miles, to Quebec, and for ships the Upper Mississippi, the Illi- 
drawing 14 feet water to Mon- nois, and their numerous tributa- 
treal, 580 miles. ries. A fur company was formed 

St. Lawrence, co. NY. sq. m. here in 1819, which haAe already 
2,000. Pop. in 1825, 23,000. Chief extended their establishments to 
t. Ogdensburg. jthe Mandan villages. A lucra- 

St. Louis, CO. Mo. Pop. 10,049. itive trade is carried on with Santa 
Slaves 1,810. |Fe in Maxico. Intercourse by 

St. Louis, p-t. and cap. St. steam-boats is now constantly 
Louis CO. Mo. on the W. bank of maintained with the towns on the 
the Mississipp;, 18 miles below Ohio and Mississippi, particularly 
the mouth of the Missouri. The with New Orleans. 35 m. below 
bank of the river here rises ab-the mouth of the Illinois, 200 
ruptly 20 feet above the highest above the mouth of the Ohio, 1200 
water, and is bordered, on the above New Orleans. Lon. 85^58' 
west, by a second bank, which W. Lat. 38° 36' N. Pop. in 1810, 



rises gradually 40 feet higher and 
terminates in an extensive plain. 
The town occupies both banks, 



1,000; in 1818, 3,500; in 1820, 
4,123; in 1821, 5,600. 

St. Lov.is, r. NW. Tor. receives 



,S A 1 ^. 

the vSavaunah from the W. and 
breaking through the Cabotian 
mountains, empties itself into the 
Fond du Lac, the W. end of lake 
.Superior. 

iSt. Louis, r. Florida, flows into 
the Atlantic. 

St. Marks, sea-port, Florida, 
on St. Marks river which here re- 
ceives the Wakulla, and 6 miles 
below falls into Apalachy bay in 
the gulf of Mexico. The river 
has 8 feet water to this place. 20 
m. S. Tallahassee. Lon. 84° 10' 
W. Lat. 30° 5' N. 

St. Martins, p-t. Worcester co. 
Md. 

St. Martinsinlle, p-t. St. Mar- 
tins CO. La. on the Teche, 9 m. by 
land above New Iberiu. Here is 
iin academy. 

St. Mary''s, co. Md. Pop. 
12,974. Slaves 6,047. Chief t. 
Leonardstown. 

St. Mary's, r. Md. falls into the 
Potomac. 

St. Manfs, t. St. Mary's co. Md. 
9 m. from Leonardstown. 

St. Mai-}fs, r. forms the bounda- 
ry between Georgia and Florida, 
and falls into the Atlantii-. between 
Cumberland and Amelia islands. 

St. Mary''s, p-t. and port of en- 
try, Camden co. Geo. on the N 
side of St. Mary's river, 9 m 
above its mouth. The harbour is 
Eafe, and vessels drawing 21 feet 
Avater lie at the wharves of the 
town, 36 m. N. of St. Joha's river 
Shipping in 1816, 498 tons. 
S. Darien, 150 S. Savannah. 
81° 40'. W. Lat. 3(P 43' N. 
771. 

St. Mary^s, navigable r. rises 
in Ohio, and after a northerly 
course of about 70 miles, joins the 
St. Jose.ph's at Fort Wayne, to 
form Maumee river. 

Sf. Mary's, t. Madison co. 111. 



80 m. 
Lon 
Pop. 



s A r 

on the Mississippi, at the mouth 
of Wood river. 18 m. N. St. Louis. 

St. Mary's, ])-t. and cap. St. 
Mary's co. Michigan. 

Si. Mary's, r. or straits, about 
90 miles long, which connect lake 
Superior with lake Huron. The 
fall or Sault de St. Marie is near 
the head of the strait, in N. lat. 
46° 31'. The river here descends 
23 feet in 901) yards ; canoes and 
barges are towed up along the 
bank without much difficulty or 
danger. White fish in great quan- 
tities are taken at the falls. Here 

a U. S. military post, on a tract 
of land, 4 miles square, at the 
falls, ceded in 1820, by the Chip- 
peway Indians. As a military 
and trading-post, the position of 
the Sault de St. Marie is of the 
first importance, being at the head 
of ship navigation on the great 
lakes, and the grand thoroughfare 
of Indian communication for the 
ipper countries, as far as the Arc- 
tic circle, all the fir trade of the 
north-west being compelled to 
)ass tbis way. 

St. Michael's, p-t. Madison co. 
xMo. on Village creek, which, a 
mile below,talls into the St. Fran- 
cis, 30m. SW. St. Genevieve. 

St. Paul's, parish, Charleston 
dis. SC. 18 W. Charleston. 

St. Peter's, parish, Beaufort 
dist. SC. 

St. Peter's, r. Missouri terri- 
tory, rises in Polecat lake, 3 
miles in circumference, at the 
base of the Coteau des Prairies, in 
lon. 96'^ 36' W. and lat. 45° 40' I\". 
and after a winding course of 500 
miles, falls into the Mississippi, 9 
m. below St. Anthony's falls. 
During floods, it is navigable for 
boats to Big stone lake, 15 miles 
from its source, with the excep- 
tion of tv.-o obstructions bv ftjl? 



BijAts nifcend at all seasons 40 
itiiles. It receives Bcveral consi- 
derable tributaries from tb^ West. 

St. Regis, V. St. L.iwrencc co. 
?sY. on the St. Lawrence, at the 
5iiouth or St. Regis river, in lat. 
45° xi. 45 m. ENE. Ogdensburqh. 

St. Rosa, isl. Florida, is SG miles 
long, and extends between Feu- 
sxicola and St. Rosa bays. 

St. Rosa,bay, Fl. 34 miles long, 
and navigable for vessels drawing; 
4 feet water. Lon. SS^ 32' W. 
Lat. 30= 33' N. 



Si. 



isl. Ga. 



thf 



mouth of the Alatamaha, 15 miles 
long, and from two to 4 broad. 
Fort Fredcrica, on the W. side of 
tlio island, was built by Gen. Ojrle- 
thonoe, in 1734. Lon. 8U° VV. 
Lat.'Sio 15' N, 

S^ Stephens, parish, Charleston 
dUt. SC. 50 NW. Charleston. 
Here is Fineville academy. 

St. Stephens, p-t. and cap. 
Washington co. Al. on the-W. 
pide of the Tombigbee, 80 m. by 
land above Mobile, 120 bv water; 
t^50 S. by W. Huntsvilie. Th^ 



river is navigable to this place 



cap. Essex CO. Ms, tlie secoati, 
town in New England in com- 
merce, wealth, and population, is 
built on a low peninsula, formed 
by two small inlet? of ;he sen. 
called North and South rivers; 
over the former of v/hich is a 
bridge 1,500 feet long, connecting 
the town with Beverly ; the other 
sey>arates it from Marblehead, and 
forms the principal harbour. The 
harbour is yo shallow that vessels 
drawing more than 12 feet water 
must load and unload at a dis- 
tance from the wharves, yet it is 
accessible to ships of war into 
sale anchorage. It is defended 
bv two forts. 

The town contains a court- 
house, aims-house, market-house, 
3 banks, a museum belonging to 
the East India Marine Society, a.n 
athentBum, containing more than 
5,000 volumes, an orphan asylum, 
and 17 churches ; viz. for Congre- 
ijationaiists 6, Baptists 2, Free 
Will Baptists 2, Presbyterians 1, 
Episcopalians 1, Friends 1, Lni- 
versalists 1, Roman Catholics 1, 



during G months of the year for 
ail vessels that can reach Mobile, 
and for vessels of 8 or 10 feet of 
AVater at all seasons. Here are 
an a.;.adeniv and printing-office. 
Pop. in 1819, 1,000. 

Si. Torrunanoj, p-t. Mecklen- 
burg CO. V'a. on the N. side of the 
Roanoke, 12 m. from Halifax, NC. 

St. Tammany, parish, La, Pop. 
1,723. Slaves631. Chief t.Ma- 
disonville. 

Salem, p-t. Rockingham co. 
NH. 30 m, SW, Portsmouth, 30 
SE. Concord. Pop. 1,311. 

Salemf t. Orleans co. Vt 
lake Memphremag'og, 49 m. N. 
]\lontpelier. Pop. 80. 

SafeMj ]jort of entry, p-t. and 



PiTethodists 1, Seamen 1, 



In 1816 Salem was the sixrh 
town in the U. States, in amount 
of shipping, the nuni|)er of ton;? 
being 34,4o4, of which nearly one 
half was employed in the India 
trade. A society composed of 
masters and supercargoes of ves- 
sels -.vho have sailed round the 
Cape of Good Hope, or Cape 
Horn, was incorporated in 1801, 
and nov/ consists of about 160 
members. A museum belongs to 
the society, composed of curiosi- 
ties froni^'ll parts of the world, 
and is vis^ited by strangers with- 
on out expense. Perhaps no city iu 
the U. States contains so much 
wealth as Salem in proportion to 
its population. Tt is the oldesi 



lovvn in Massachusetts except 
Plymouth, having been settled in 
1626. Its Indian name vv^as Na- 
iimkeag. 4 m. 'NW. Marblehead, 



24 S. Newburyport, 14 xNNE. Bos 
toR. Lat. 42^^ 30/ N. Lon. 70° 
50' W. Pop. 12,731. 

Salem, p-t. New London co. 
Ct. 29 m. SE. Hartford. Pop. 
1,053. 

Salem, p-t. and half-shire, 
Washington co. NY. bordered 
on the S. by the Battenkill. The 
village stands on a plain in the 
centre of the town, and contains 



^ A E 

Sahm, t. Baldwin ct>. t^. <pn 
the Oconee, nearly opposite Wi- 
ledgeville. 

Salem, p-t. cap. Livingston CD. 

Salem, 12 towns, Ohio, Vi,^, 
t. Aslitabuia co. Pop. 979. 
Champaign, 1,064. p-t. Coliqn- 
biana, 1,378. t. Highland, 623. 
Jefferson, 1,482. Meigs, 298. 
Monroe, 648. Montgomery^ 
Muskingum, 387. Tuscarawas, 
549. Washington, 422. War- 
ren, 1,114. 

Salem, p-t. and cap. Washinff- 



court-house, and jail, 2 print- iton co Ind. 25 m. W. Jeffersdn- 



ing-offices, each issuing a weekly 
newspaper ; a flourishing acade- 
my ; and 2 churches, 1 for Scotch 
Seceders, and 1 for Presbyteri- 
ans. 21 m. SE. Sandyhill, 30 S. 
Whitehall, 46 N. Albany. Pop. 
of village 700 ; v/hole town 2,985. 

Salem, co. NJ. Pop 
Chief t. Salon. 

Salem, p-t. and cap. Salem co 



ville, 34 N. Corydon. 

Salem, p-t. cap. Marion co. III. 

Salina, p-t. Onondaga co. NY. 

embraces Onondaga lake, and the 

principal salt springs and salt 

works of the state. The village 

of Salina stands upon a plain at 

14,022. the h(?"ad of the lake, from which 

I Jjranch canal extends S. two 

niles, to the Erie canal. There 



N.T. on Salem creek, three milesjare salt works at three other vil- 
and a half from its confluence' lages in this town, Liverpool, 
ith Delaware bay. The river is Geddes, and Syracuse, all of 



jiavigable for vessels of 50 tons 
Here is an academy. 20 m. NW. 
Bridgetown, 37 SVV. by W. Phila- 
delphia. Fop. 1,303. 

Salem, 5 towns, Pa. viz. p-t. 
Wayne co. Pop. 306. t. Lu- 
izcrne, 787. Westmoreland, 1,965. 
Mercer, 700. IVest, 1,040. 

Salem, p-t. Botetourt co. Va. 20 
m. SW. Fincastle. 

Salem, p-t. Stokes co, NC. on a 
tributary of the Yadkin, 35 m. NE. 
Salisbury. Here is a Moravian 
academy for young ladies. The 
public buildings consist of a 
church which is spacious and ele- 
^:int ; and 4 brick edifices, each 4 
stories high, for the academy. 
Here are also mantifactt>ries, paii; 
ticularly of potter's ware. 



which, except those at Liverpool, 
are supplied with water from a. 
single spring at Salina. Other 
salt springs exist, but this one is 
found sufficient, and efforts to 
exhaust it have proved vain. 
Every gallon of the water yield.'? 
from 16 to 27 ounces of salt, be- 
ing much stronger than any other 
salt springs in the U. States. The 
works at present erected, sre 
said to be capable of producing 
two million bushels of salt annu- 
ally. The quantity manufactured 
in 1824, v/as 820,962 bushelf?. 
The springs belong to the state. 
A duty is imposed of 12 1-2 cents 
per bushel, which goes to the ta.' 
nal fund. The village of Salina 
contains k pTinting-dffic^', fi'om 



Z 



S A 1/ 



SAL 



<\;liic]ia weekly newspaper is is- nufactory, 2 shops with hamiaei'^ 
sued ; and a handsome Presbyte-ifor the manufactory of gun-bar-' 
rian church. 5 m. N. Onondaga, 'rels, &c. a button manufactory, 



.SB SSE. Oswego, 50 W. Utica 
Pop. in 1820, 1,814; in 1825, 
3,8^, of whom 1,100 were in the 
village. 

Sfdine, r. La. flows into the N. 
side of Red river, 8 m. NE. Natch- 
itoches. 

Saline, t. Columbiana co. Ohio. 
Pop. 365. 

Saline. See Shawneetqivn. 

Saline, co. Mo. Pop. 1,176. 
Chief t. Jefferson. 

Saline, t. Pulaski co. Arkansas. 
Pop. 83. Hempstead co. 763. 

Salines, v. Mo. on the Mis- 
sissippi, 4 m. below St. Gene- 
vieve. Here are extensive salt 
works. 

SalisbnTy, p-t. Merrimack co. 
NH. on the W. side of the Mer- 
rimack, at the head of boat navi- 
gation, 15 m. NW. Concord, 78 
N. Boston. Here are 3 handsome 
villages, 3 churches, an academy, 
and various mills. Pop. 2,016. 

Salisbury, p-t. Addison co. Tt. 
on Otter creek, 34 m. SW. Mont 
pelier. Pop. 721. 

Salishuri/, p-t. Essex co. Ms 



on the N. side of tlie Merrimack, isrnooth surface. 



and some smaller manufactories. 
47 m. NW. Hartford, 60 NNW 
r^ew Haven. Pop. 2,695. 

Salisbury, p-t. Herkimer co. 
NY. 21 m. NE. Utica. Pop. 1438. 

Salisbury, 4 towns, Pa. viz. 
t. Bucks CO. Pop. 2,098. p-t. 
Lancaster, 2,484., t. Lehigh, ou 
the Lehigh, 6 m. SW. Betli^hem. 
Pop. 1,165. p-t. Somerset, 110. 
I Salisbta-y, p-t. and port of en- 
Itry, Somerset co. Md. at the 
forks of Wicomipo river, 20 m. 
NW. Snowhill, 163 S. Philadel- 
phia. 

Salisbury, p-t. and cap. Rowan 
CO. NC. on Cane creek, 5 m. above 
its junction witk the Yadkin, 34 
SW. Salem, 120 W. Fayetteville. 
In the neighbourhood is a re- 
markable wall of stone, below the 
surface of tl)e ground. It is 2 
feet thick, and a pit has been 
sunk by its side, 27 feet, without 
reaching the bottom. Its course 
has been traced between 200 and 
300 feet. It is composed of small 
jiiTegular stones, strongly cement- 
ied, and presenting an even and 



4 m. N. Newburvport, 30 NNE. 
Salem. Pop. 2,006. 

SalisMiry, p-t. Litchfield co. 
Ct. on the VV. side of the Housa- 
tonnuc, at tlie falls. The river 
Vd here 35 rods wide, and descends 
perpendicularly 60 feet ; below 
which for 100 rods is a succession 
of rapids and falls. About 70 
rods liigher up is another perpen 



Salisbury, t. Meigs co. Ohio. 
Pop. 481. 

Salisbury, t. Wayne co. In. 30^ 
m. N. Brookvilie. 

SaUsbury mills, p-v. Orange co. 
NY. on Murdners creek, a stream 
of the Hudson, with several ma- 
nufactories. 6 m. W. New Wind- 
sor. 

Salmon, r. Ct. which joins the 



dicular fallof 20 feet, making the Connecticut in East Haddam. On 



•whole descent about 130 feet 
Iron ore is found in abundance in 
this town. Here are 3 forges, 2 
blast furnaces, 1 anchor and 
screw manufactory, a scythe ma- 



Moodus creek, one of its brancli 
es, is a romantic falls of 70 feet. 

Salmon, r. NY. runs into the St. 
La\yrence, 6 m. beiow French 
mills. 



259 
into lakelNH. 23 



NY, 



S A IS 
Salmon, r. NY. fall 
Champlain, 5 m. S. Plattsburgh. 

Salmon, r. NY. tails into lake 
Ontario, 3 m. below Pulaski. For 
the falls, see Orwell. 

Salmon Fall. See Piscatnqaa. 

Salt Creek, a fine mill stream, 
O. runs into the S. side of the 
Scioto, 15 m. below Chillicothe. 

Salt creek, 4 towns O. viz. p-t 
Muskingum co. 9 m. SE. Zanes 
ville. Pop. 967.— t. Wavne 
1 ,090.— Hocking,414.— PickaWay, 
1304. 

Salt lick, t. Fayette co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,172. 

Saltpcint, p-v. Dutchess co 
11 m. NE. Poughkeepsie. 

Saltpetre, creek, Md. runs into 
Gunpowder creek, 14 m. NE. Bal 
timore. 

Salt river, r. Ky. joins the Ohio, 
20 m. below Louisville. 

Salt river, r. Mo. joins the Mis 
sissippi, 73 m. above the Illinois. 

Saluda, r. SC. joins Broad river, 
just above Columbia, to form the 
Congaree. 

Sampson, co. NC. Pop. 8,908. 
Slaves 2,857. Chief t. Clinton. 

Sanhorniown, p-t. Strafford co. 
NH. 20 m. N. Concord. It con- 
tains an academy and 3 churches. 
Pop. 3,329. 

Sander sville, p-t. and cap. 
Washington co. Ga. 26 m. E. 
Milledgeville. 

Sanford, p-t. York co. Me. 20 
m. N. York. Pop. 1,831. 

Sandisfield, p-t- Berkshire co, 
Ms. 20 m. SE. Lenox. Pop. 1,646 
Southfield is now united to it. 

Sandision, t. Sussex co. NJ. on 
the Delaware, 11 m. above Wal 
pack. Pop. 858. 

Sand lake, p-t. Rensselaer co 
NY. 11 m. E. Albany. Pop. 3,302 
*n 1825 ' "" 



SAN 

W. Portsmoutli, 1{k 



3,426. 



SE. Concord. Pop. 527. 

Sandys point, on the N. shore oi" 
Long Island, 20 m. E. New York. 
Here is a light-house. 

Sandtown, or Berkley, v. Glou- 
cester CO. NJ. 14 m. S. Philadel- 
phia. 

Sandusky, r. Ohio, runs into 
Sandusky bay in Lake Erie. It 
is navigable 18 miles to the ra- 
pids. The portage between this 
river and the Scioto is only 4 
miles. 

Sandusky, bay, Q. sets up from 
Lake Erie in a westerly direction, 
about 20 miles, having a width oi" 
3 or 4 miles. 

Sandusky, co. O. Pop. 852. 
Sandusky city, or Portland, p-t. 
Huron co. O. on Sandusky bay, ii 
m. from Lake Erie, 25 NE. Crog- 
hansville, 100 N. Columbus, 250 
W. Buffalo. It has a good har- 
bour with 12 or 14 feet water, 
and is advantageously situated for 
trade. Here is a printing-office 
from which a newspaper is issued. 
The steam-boat touches at this 
place, on its passage between Buf- 
falo and Detroit. 

Sandusky, Lower, or Fort Sie- 
phenson, p-t. and cap. Sandusky 
CO. O. at the foot of the rapids, 
18 m. from the mouth of Sandusky 
river. Pop. 243. 

Sandusky, Upper, or Fort Fer- 

rie, p-t. and cap. Crawford co. O. 

is 40 m. above, on the same river. 

Sandford, t. Broome co. NY. 24 

m. E. Binghamton. 

Sandgate, t. Bennington cq, 
Vt. 20 m. N. Bennington. Pop. 
1185. 

Sandwich, p-t. Strafford co. 

NH. 52. m. N.Concord. Pop.2,368., 

Sandwich, p-t. Barnstable co.. 

Ms. 12 m. NW. Barnsta.bie, 60 N. 



%ndoM'.>7. t. Rockingham co.^ Boston. Pop. 2.^84. 



A)9. -*rt 



t. Stark CO. O. Poj 
^0^. -^Tuscarawas co. 279. 

Sandy Creeks t. Mercer co. P; 
Pop. 520. 

Sandy Hill, p-v. and half-shire, 
ir} Kingsbury, Washington co. 
IVY., upon a high sandy plain, on 
the E. bank of the Hudson, im- 
mediately above Baker's falls. It is 
a place of considerable trade. The 
village is built chiedy around an 
open g' exi, and contains about 
100 dwelling-houses, a court- 
house, jail, bank, and printing-of- 
fice, from which a weekly news- 
paper is issued. A Presbyteriaii 
church is about to be erected. 2 m. 
from the Erie canal, at Fort Ed- 
Avard; 18 m. N. Saratoga springs, 
63 N. Albany, 21 S. Whitehall. 

Sandy Hook, inMiddlctown, NJ. 
2"> m. S. New York. Lon. 74° 2' 
W. Lat. 4(P 30' N. Here is a^ 
!rght-house. Within the hook is' 
a safe and capacious harbour. 

Sandy Inlet, channel between 
t^vo islands on the coast of NC. 
L.pn. 77° 34' W. Lat. 34^ 29' N. 

Sandy Lake, t. Mercer co. Pa. 
Pop. 427. 

Sandy Point, the N. point of 
Naatucket island, Ms. Lon. 70° 
W. Lat. 410 23' l\. 

Sandy Pomt^ the SE. extremity 
qf Barnstable CD. Mass. Lon. 69° 
35' W. Lat. 41° 24' N. 

Sandy river, Me. joins the Ken- 
UEbeck, 6m. above Norridgewock. 

Sanford, t. York co. Me. 20 m. 
U. of York. Pop. 1,831. 

SistngTaTnortjIarge r. 111. falls iato 
the Illinois, 130 m. from it 
mouth. 

Sangamon, co. 111. Pop. in 
1825, 5,547. Cluef t. Spring- 
Held. 

Sangerfield, t. Hancock co. Me 
x>r\ Piscataquis river. Pop. 310 

^ting'erjidd, p-t. Ori^idaco. NY 



.S. A K, 

15 m. S. bv W. Utica. Pop. *;; 
1825, 1986. 

Sangerville, p-t. Penobscot co- 
Me. 35 m. NW. Bangor. 

Snntee River, the principal ri- 
ver of SC. is formed by the union 
of the Congaree and Wateree, 
about 25 m. SE. Columbia. It 
runs SE. and falls into the Ocean 
by two mouths, in lat. 33° 12' N. 
It is navigable at some seasons to 
Morgantown, NC. on the Wateree 
branch ; and on the Congaree, 
steam-boats ascend as far as Co- 
lumbia. A canal, 22 miles long, 
connects the Santee with Cooper 
river, by which the produce of a 
large section of this state, and of 
a part of North Carolina, is carried 
to the city of Charleston. 

Saranac, t. Clinton co. NY. W. 
of Plattsburgh. 

Saranac, r. NY. runs into Lake 
Champlain at Plattsburgh. 

Saratoga, co. NY. sq. m. 772- 
Pop. 36,052. Chief t. BallstoH 
spa. 

Sai^atoga,t. Saratoga co. NY. on 
the W. side of the Hudson, 12 ra. 
NE. Ballston, 31 N. Albany. Pop. - 
2,233. it is memorable for the 
surrender of Burgoyne with his 
whole army, consisting of 5,791 
effective men, to General Gates', 
October 17th, 1777. 

Saratoga sp7-ings, p-t. Saratoga 
CO. NY. 12 m. W. of the Hudson, 
7 NNE. Ballston, 32 N. Albany. 
Pop. 1,909; in 1825, 2,054. It 
contains a church, academy, print- 
ing-office, a reading-room, and a 
library. The celebrated mineral 
springs of Saratoga, are spread 
over a tract of about 12 miles in 
extent, in Saratoga co. and are 
called by a variety of local names. 
The most noted are those oT 
Ballston and Saratoga, which a! 
's^iprerioT tb art)' otlrevs in AiiR'^'ic^ 



J? A 'N' 



aui 



A'V 



'Ithc iiames of the principal, lat. 32^ N. It is navigable for 1 
springs in Saratoga are Congress > . c. , ,^ 

f^pring, Columbian, Flat Rock, 



iind High Rock. Rock Sprin 
Contains carbonic acid, carbonate 
of soda, muriate of soda, super- 
carbonated lime, and a carbonate 
of iron. These springs, during 
the summer months, are the resort 
of the ga}- and fashionable, as 
well as of invalids, from all parts 
of the U. States. Large houses 
ibr entertainment, with neat bath- 
ing-houses, are erected for the 
convenience of visiters. The 
-waters afford relief in many obsti- 
nate diseases. They bear bottling 
very well, and immense quantities 
are in this v/ay transported to va- 
rious parts of the world. 

Saratoga lake, 8 m. W. Still- 
water, is 9 miles long, and 3 broad 
it receives Kayaderosseras creek 
and discharges its waters through 
.ihe Fishkill into Hudson river at 
^:chuyierville. 

Sardinia, t. Erie co. NY. 30 SE. 
Buffalo. Pop. in 1825, 9.51. 

Sassafras, r. Md. separates 
.Kent and Cecil counties, and falls 
into Checapeake hay. 

Satilla, r. Geo. runs into St. 
Andrew's sound. 

Saucon, Lower j t. Northampton 

CO. Pa. Pop. 2,20S. —Upper, 1G42. 

Saugatuck, p-v. in Fairfield, Ct. 

at the mouth of Saugatuck river. 

Here is an academy. 

Snvgeriies, p-t. Ulster co. NY. 
on the Hudson, 13 m. above Eings- 
Lon, 52 S. Albany. Pop. 2,699. 

Saugus, t. Essex co. Ms. 10 m. 
XE. Boston. Pop. 74l{. 
Sault St. Mary. See St. Mary. 
Savannah, r. U. S. is formed by 
;he union of the Tugaloo and Kio- 
kvee, and running SE. divides S. 
Carolina from Geoi'gia, and meets 
;he Atlantic in Tybee Sound, in, 



vessels to Savannah, 13 milci: 
and for boats to Augusta, 34(i 
miles further. Above the falls 
boats can go 60 miles without ob^ 
struction. 

Savannah, city and port of en- 
try, Chatham co. Georgia, upon 
a high sandy bluff, 40 feet above 
low water mark, on the SW. baniv 
of Savannah river, 17 miles from 
the bar at its moutli. Vessels 
drawing 14 feet water can come 
up to the city ; larger vessels re- 
ceive their cargoes 3 miles below. 
The city is regularly laid out, and 
contains a court-house, jail, poor- 
house, hospital, tlieatre, ex- 
change, academy, a public library, 
3 bajiks, including a branch ofthe 
U. S. bank, and 10 churches, 2 
for Presbyterians, 1 each for Epis- 
copalians, fMethodists, Baptists, 
Lutherans, Roman Catholics, and 
Jews, and 2 for Africans. The 
academy is 180 feet by 60, and 3 
stories high. The exchange is a 



heavy gothic building, 5 stories 
'ligh. ^fhe new Presbvteriun 



/ery elegant edifice of 



church is a 
latone. 

Savannaii is the centre of com- 
merce fur a large extent of coun- 
try. In nine months ending 30th 
.fune, 1817, there were exportfd 
from this port 107,320 bales of 
cotton, 3,605 hhds. of tobacco, 
11,223 tierces of rice, valued to- 
gether at ^^9,966,503. Shipping 
in 1816, 12,776 tons. Pop. 7,520, 
of whom 3,868 are whites. 113 
m. SW. Ctiarlfeston : 127 bv land^ 



and 

180 ESE. Milledgeville. 

813 10 W. Lat. 32° 8' N. 

Savannah, r. NW. Tei 
into St. Louis river. 

Saville, t. Perry co. fa. 
1,154. 



340 by vv'ater SE. August^, 
~ Lou. 



Pop. 



Z,2 



C H 



:2^i 



sc y 



^ OSa.(iioVi ?-t?. Berkshire €0. Ms. 
'25,m. IVE. Lenox. Pop. 852. 

Sawpit, p-v. "W. Chester co. 
^'Y. on East river, 28 fr. IV. York. 

Saxtans, r. Vt. falls into the 
Connecticut, 1 m. below Bellows 
falls. For village, see Rocking- 
bam. 

Sayhrooky p-t. Middlesex co. Ct. 
on the W. side of Connecticut ri- 
ver, at its mouth, opposite Lyme, 
46 m. SE. Hartford, 18 W. New 
London, 34 E. New Haven. Ship- 
building is carried on to a conside- 
rable extent at the village of Pet 
iipaug, and the shad fisheries are 
i source of much wealth. Here 
4.re an ivory comb factory on an ex- 
tensive scale, and a patent gimblet 
and auger manufactory. Pop. 
4,165. 

Scarborougk, p-t. Cumberland 
CO. Me. 10 m. fr. Portland. Pop. 
2,232. 

l^cafsdale, t. Westchester co. 
m. 24 m. fr. New York. Pop. 
329. 

Schaghticoke, p-t. Rens'elaer 
to. NY. on the Hudson, at the 
taouth of Hoosack river. Pop. 
2,522; in 1825, 2,954. 10 m. N. 
Troy. 17 E. Bailston gpa. 

Schenecfady, co. NY. sq. m. 180. 
Po^. 13,081 ; in 1825, 12,876. 

ScJienectady., city, and cap. 
Schenectady co. NY. on the SE. 
sidie of the' Mohawk, and on the 
Erie canal, 15 m. NW. Albany. 
The city is regularly laid out on a 
plain, and contains about 500 
ijouses, principally of brick, 
court-house, jail, alms-house, 
bank, 2 markets, a Lancaster 
school, an academy, the coileg-e 
buildings, and 4 churches, 1 lor 
Presbyterians, 1 for Dutch Reform- 
ed, 1 for Methodists, and 1 for 



Within 4 miles of the cit} iiicrc 
are about 20 mills and factories, 
among which is a large cotton 
factory with 1400 spindles, pro- 
ducing 7 or 800 yards of cloth pet 
day ; 2 breweries, and an exten- 
sive flour mill. Pop. of township, 
3,939. 

Union College was incorpora- 
ted in 1794, and is a very flour- 
ishing institution. The officers 
are a president, 3 professors, a lec- 
turer, 2 tutors, and a register. 
The college has a librarv of about 
5000 volumes, and a philosophical 
and chemical apparatus. The site 
of the College buildings is a fine 
hill to the E. of the city. There 
are at present, two buildings suf- 
ficient for 200 students; each is 
200 feet long, and 5 stories high. 
The number of students in 1822, 
was 234. 

Schlosser. See JSTiagara. 

Schodac, p-t. Rensselaer C6- 
NY. on the Hudson, with 2 land- 
ings. 9 m. below Albany. Pop. 
in 1825, 3,506. 

Schoenbriuln, Moravian settle- 
ment, Tuscarawas co. Ohio, on 
the Muskingum, 3 m. below NcAy 
Philadelphia. 

Schoharie, co. HY. sq. m. 565. 
Pop. 23,154. 

Schoharie, p-t. and cap. Scho- 
harie CO. NY. The village con- 
tains a stone court-house, clerk's 
office, printing-office, and 2 
churches, 1 for Dutch Relbrmed, 
and 1 for Lutherans. 32 m. W. Al- 
bany. Pop. 3,820. 

Schoharie creek, NY. joins the 
Mohawk, opposite Tripe's hill. 

Schoodic. ' See St. Croix river. 

Sc/iooiVy's Mount, p-v. Morris- 
co.NJ. noted tor its mineral spring, 
r . water contains muriates of 
^Epiffoopalians. Here is an elegantlsoda, lime, ;;ind magnesia, cartion- 
wood$n Brlcf^fe over the Mohawk. r?it^s of linio, and rJagrtesia, sul- 



c; i 



■2^-3 



'phateof lime, and carbonated ox- 
ide of iron. It is particularly 
beneficial in cases of calculous 
concretion. There are 3 spacious 
boarding-houses in the vicinity of 
the spring. 20 m. S. Newton, 50 
NW.'New York, 70 N. Philadel- 
phia. 

Schuyler, p-t. Herkimer co. NY. 
6E.Utica. Pop. 1,837. 
Schuyler, co. Illinois. 
Schuylerrnlle, pv. Saratoga co. 
NY. on Hudson river, and the 
Champlain canal, just above the 
mouth of the Fishkill. 12 m. E.Sara- 
toga springs, 6 W. Union village. 
Near this place, Burgoyne surren- 
dered his army, Oct. 17, 1777. 

Schuylkill, r. Pa. w^hich after a 
SE. course of 120 miles, falls into 
the Delaware, opposite Mud Isl 
and, 7 m. below Plvladelphia. For 
canal, see Pennsylvania. 

Schuylkill, co. Pa. Pop. 11,339. 
Chief t. Orwigsburg. 

Schuylkill, t. Schuylkill co. Pa. 
Pop. 546. 

Scio, t. Alleghany co. NY. 14 m 
S, Angelica. 

Scioto, r. O. the second in size 
of the rivers flowing wholly in the 
Htate, rises within 4 miles of the 
navigable waters of Sandusky ri 
ver, and falls into the Ohio at 
Portsmouth. It is navigable 130 
miles. 

Scioto, CO. O. Pop. 5,750. Chf. 
t. Portsmouth. 

«Sa'ofo, 4 towns, O. viz. t. Ross 
CO. Pop. (except Chillicothe) 
456. — Delaware, 178. — Pickaway, 
403.— Jackson, 364. 

Scipio, p-t. Cayuga co. NY. on 
Cayuga lake, 11 m. S. Auburn, 180 
W. Albany. Pop. 8,105. 

Scipio, t. Meigs co. O. Pop. 226, 
Scituate, s-p. and p-t. Plymouth 
to. Ms. 20 m. N. Plymouth, 30 SE, 
Boston. iVp. 3..^n5. 



Scituate, p-t. Providence cb. tl t 
12 m. W. Providence, 27 N\\ 
Newport. Pop. 2,834. Here ar^^'^ 
an academy, bank, a foundry of 
cannon and bells, and several cot- 
ton factories. 

Sconondoa, p-v. Oneida co. NV- 
on a small creek of the same name, 
11 m. S. Rome, 23 W. Utica, and 
1 S. of the canal. 

Scotch plains, p-v. Essex co. 

m. 

Scotchtoum, p-v. Orange co. NY> 
6 NW. Goshen. 

Scott, p-t. Cortlandt co. NY. 
Pop. 775. 9 m. N. Cortlandt v. 

Scott, CO. Va. Pop. 4,263. 
Slaves 258. 

Scott, CO. Ky. Pop. 14,219. 
Slaves 4,620. Chf. t, Georgetown. 

Scott, p-t. Adams co. O. Pop. 
1,123. 

Scott, CO. Ind. Pop. 2,334. 

Scottsville, p-v. Monroe co. NY- 
on Allans creek, 1 m. from Gen 
esee river, 12 S. Rochester. 

Scottsville, p-t. cap. Allen tn. 
Ky. 

Scriba, p-t. Oswego co. NY. on 
the W. side of Oswego river at its 
mouth. Pop. 741. 

Scriven, co. Geo. Pop. 3,941, 
Slaves 1,833. Chief t. Jacksonbo- 
rough. 

Scroon, p-t. Essex co. NY. 30 m. 
SW. Elizabethtown. Pop. 888. 

Scroon, r. NY. the NE. branch 
ofthe Hudson, issues from a lake 
of the same name, 8 miles iong,and 
joins the N. branch ofthe Hudson, 
' m. NW. Caldwell. The country 
thro' which it flows, is mountain- 
ous, abounding with wild and ro- 
mantic scenery. 

Scrubgi'ass, t. Venango co. Pa. 
Pop. 559. 

Seabrook, p-t. Rockingham co. 
iNH. on the sea coast, 6 m. N. 
Nc\vbun'T^.ort, 17 SSW. Ports 



^hJS '2H ;5 fci y 

^jiouili. Whale-boat building islningNE. falls into Oswego rive,t; 
carried on here to a greater extent jat Three river point in Cicero, 
than in any other town in New 'after a course of 60 miles. It re- 



Kngland. Pop 885. 

Seakonnet Point, and rocks, the 
S. extremity of the eastern shore 
of Narraganset bay, R. I. 6 m. 
ESE. Newport. 

Seal, t. Pike co. O. Pop. 775. 

Searsburg, t. Bennington co. 
Tt.. 12 m. E. Bennington. Pop. 9. 

Searsmonf, p-t. Hancock co. 
Me. 25 m. W. Castine. Pop. 675. 

!Sebago or Scbacook, lake, Me. 
.13 miles long, connected on the N. 
^vith Long Pond by a strait called 
Sungo, which receives Crooked 



ceives the waters of Canandaigua, ' 
Cayuga, Owasco, Skeneateles, 
and Onondaga lakes. A canal 
route has been surveyed and lo- 
cated from Geneva,along the Sen- 
eca river,by way of Waterloo and 
Seneca tails to Cayuga lake, and 
thence to the Erie canal. The 
whole cost of the canal, it is es- 
timated, will be |90,000. 

Seneca, co. NY. sq. m. 426. Pop. 
17,773. Chief towns, Ovid and 
Waterloo. 

Seneca, t. Ontario co. NY. in 



river, opening an inland naviga-! which is Geneva. Pop. 4,802. 



tion far into the interior of the 
State. The Sebago discharges 



Seneca, co. Ohio. 

Seneca, 4 towns O. viz. 



p-t. 



its waters through the Presump- 1 Guernsey co. Pop. 1,820.— MorgajD. 



.scut into Casco bay 

Sebasficook, r. Me. joins the 
Kennebec in Winslow. 

Sedgwick, p-t. Hancock co. Me. 
on the E. side of Penobscot bay, 
tj ni. E. Castine. Pop. 1,420. 

Seekhonk, r. See Pawtuckct. 

S?ekhonk, p-t. Bristol co. M 
on the E. side of the Pawtacket, 
39 m. SW. Taunton, 38 SSW 
Boston. Pop. 2,775. 

Selsertoivn, or Ellicottsville, p-t. 
Adamsco. Mi. 15m. NE. Natchez. 

Seniinoles, Indians, formerly 
UjOOO in number, inhabiting exten- 
sive districts in Florida, but now 
reduced to a small number, some 
of whom are settled about .St. Ko- 
rea's bay, and others scattered in 
various places. 

Sempronius, p-t. Cayuga co. 
NY. on Skeiieateles lake, 14 m. 
SE. Auburn. Pop. 6,033. 

Seneca, lake, .NY. 35 miles long 



-Sandusky, 110. 
p-v. Seneca co. 



j Monroe, 636. 

Seneca falls, 
NY. at the falls in Seneca river. 
It is a flourishing place, and con- 
tains a Presbyterian church ; and 
numerous mills, among which are 
extensive flour-mills. A canal is 
constructed around the falls. 4 jn. 
E. Waterloo. 

Senecas, Indians, about 2000 ju 
number, inhabiting various reser- 
vations in N. York and Ohio. The 
United Foreign Missionary Socie- 
ty have a station on the reserva- 
tion 4m. E. Buflalo, where is a 
flourishing school. This reser- 
vation is 18 miles long and 7 wide 
and embraces both sides of Bufth- 
lo creek. The number of In- 
dians liere is about 1000. See 
Cataraugus. 

Sergeant, t. McKean co. Pa. 
Pop. 192. 

Setauket, p-v. Suffolk co. Ni. 



and from 2 to 4 wide, discharges U8 E. New York, 
itself in't Seneca river. j Severn, r. Md. fails into the 

.Senrca, r. NY. issues frum thejChesapeake 2 m. below Annapo- 
N. end of Seneca lake, and ryn-jlis. 



cmiij\ CO. Te. Pop. 4,772. 
<i5laves290. 

Sevierville, p-t. and cap. Sevier 
CO. Te. on a branch of French 
broad river, 30 m. SE. Knoxville. 

Seivee Bay, pr BuWs Harbour, 
SC. between cape Roman and 
Charleston harbour. 

Sewickly, r. Pa. joins the Yoiigh- 
iogany, 9 m. above the Mononga- 
hela. 

Sewickly, J\"exo, t. Beaver, co. 
Pa. Pop. 1,367.— JVbrf/f. 1,774. 

Shade, t. Somerset co. Pa. Pop. 
948. 

Shaftshury, p-t. Bennington co. 
Vt. 6 m, N. Bennington. Pop. 
2,022. Here is an academy. 

Shakertown, t. Knoxco. In. on 
the Wabash, 18 m. above Vin- 
cennes, settled by the Shakers. 

Shalersville, t. Portage co. O. 
m. N. Ravenna. Pop. 298. 

Shamokin, r. Pa. joins the Sus- 
quehannah, 1 m. below Sunbury. 

Shamokin, %. Northumberland 
CD. Pa. Pop. 1,820. 

Shandakan, p-t. Ulster co. NY. 
15 m. W. Kingston. Pop. 1,043. 

Shapleigh, p-t. York co. Me. 
S5 m. NW. York. Pop. 2,815. 

Sharon, t. Hillsboro' co NH. 
48 m. S. Concord. Pop. 391. 

Sharon, p-t. Windsor co. Vt. 22 
m. IV. Windsor. Pop. 1,431. 

Sharon, p-t. Norfolk co. Ms. 10 
TO.. S. Dedham, 17 SW. Boston. 
Pop. 1,010. 

SharoJi, p-t. Litchfield co. Ct. 
on the Ys^. side of the Housaton- 
nuc, 47 m. W. Hartford. Pop. 
2, 573. It contains an academy. 

Sharon, p-t. Sccharie co. 
NY. 16 m. W. Schoharie, 45 from 
Albany. Pop. 3,982. 

Sharon, t. Franklin co. O. 9 m. 
N. Columbus. Pop. 983.— Rich- 
land co. 136. 

S^nrjTsbiirg, -pA. 'VVaBliiijgtoTi 



CO. Md. 2 m. ff . the Potomac, ^l 
NNW. Williamsport. 

Shawan^unk, spoken Shong- 
um, p-t. Ulster co. NY. on a creek 
of the same name, which here 
unites with theWallkill, 17 m. 
W. Nev/burgh, 26 SW. Kingston. 
Pop. 3,372. 

Shawangunk, mountains, NY. 
extend N. across Orange and UI« 
ster counties. 

Shawntes, Indians, about 800 in 
number, living around the head 
waters of the Maumee, in Ohio 
and Indiana. 

Shawneetoicn, p-t. and cap. Gal- 
latin CO. 111. on the Ohio, 10 m. 
below the Wabash, 11 from the 
salt works on Saline creek. The 
spot is unhealthy, and is annually 
overlloT.-ed by the river. The vil- 
lage contains about 100 dwelling 
houses, a bank, and a pi-inting-of- 
fice, from which a weekly news- 
paper is issued. The salt works 
no-w belong to the State, having 
been ceded'by the U. S.in 1818,and 
are leased to mdividuals. They 
produce about 130,000 bushels of 
salt yearly ; 300 gallons of the 
water yield a bushel of salt. 110 
n- SE. Vandalia. Lat. 37^ 40' N. 

Sheepscot, r. Lincoln co. Me. 
fl ws into the Atlantic. 

Sheffield, p-t. Caledonia co. Tt. 
35 NE. Montpelier. Pop. 581. 

Sheffield, p-t. Berkshire co. Ms. 
20 m. S. Lenox, 30 SE. Hudson, 
T5T.440 W. Boston. Pop. 2,476. 
Here is a valuable quarry of mar- , 

ble. 

Sheffield, t. Ashtabula co. O. 
Pop. 92. 

Shelhurne, p-t. Coos co. NH. 
123 m. N. Concord. Pop. 295. \ 

Shelhurne, p-t. Chittenden co. \^ 

Vt. on lake Champlain, 7 m. S*. f, 

Burlington. Pop. 936. J 

1 5'S?M.'^?r)'z?'>-,n-t.Frs3ikIrnct).J\Ts', .' 



SHE 2i 

4 m. W. Greenfield. Pop. 1,022. 

Shelby, p-t. Orleans co. NV. 
Pop. 1,158. 16 m. i\W. Batavia. 

Shelbij, CO. Al. Pop. 2,416 
Slaves 405. Chief t. Shelby vilie. 

Shelby, co. West Ten. Pop. 
354. Slaves 103. 

Shelby, CO. Ky. Pop. 21,047. 
Slaves 5,158. 

Shelby, CO. Ohio. Pop. 2,106. 
Chief t: Hardin. 

Shelby, co. Indiana. 

Shelbyville, p-t. and cap. Bed- 
ford CO. Te. on Duck River, .50 m. 
SSE. Nashville. Here are a bank 
and printing-office. 

Shelbyville, p-t. and cap. Shel 
by CO. Ky. on Brashan's creek 12 
m. above its junction with Salt ri- 
ver, 22 m. W. Frankfort, 30 E 
Louisville. It contained in 1819. 
a brick court-house and jail, a 
printing-office, an academy, 
churches, 175 dwelling-houses, 
and 1,250 inhabitants. 

Shelbyville, p-t. cap. Shelby co. 
In. 

Sheldon, p-t. Franklin co. Vt. 
on Missisqua river, 32 m. N. Bur- 
lington. Pop. 927. 

Sheldon, p-t. Genesee co NY. 
24 ra. W. Batavia, 270 W. Alban v 
Pop. 887. 

Shelter Island, isl. and t. off the 
E. end of L. Island, NY. Poi.. 
139. 

Shelton,\. Florida, on Ochlock- 
onee river. 

Shenandoah, pronounced Sha'!- 
nan-dore, r. Va. rises in August 
CO. and after running a N£. 
course of about 200 miles joins 
the Potomac, in lat. 38° 4' N. jt;si 
before the latter bursts through 
the Blue Ridge. It is composes 
nf four branches. South, Middle, 
North, and Shenandoah rivers 
j» is navigable about 100 miles. 

J^'-emrr^oah , ce. Va. Pep 



H r 

1,901. 



Chief t. 



18,926. Slaves 
Woodstock. 

Shenango, t. Beaver co. Pa. 
?op. 1,098.— Crawford co. 952.--- 
Mercer co. 803. 

Sheplierdstown, p-t. Jefferson 
CO. Va. on the Potomac, 10 ni. E. 
by S. Martinsville, 73 fr. Wash- 
iiigtoii. 

Shepherdsville, p-t. Bullet co. 
Kv. on Salt river, 5 m. frojn 
Bairdstown. 

Sherburne, t. Rutland co. Vt. 
22 m. VVSW. Wmdsor. Pop. 154. 
l4ere is Killington peak. 

Sherburne, p-t. Middlesex co. 
Ms. 26 SW. Boston. Pop. 811. 

Sherburne, p-t. Chenango co. 
N V. on the Chenango. It contains 
2 congregational churches, on op- 
posite sides of the river, a mile 
and a half apart. Around the 
church on the E. side is a hand- 
some village. 11 m. N. Norwich, 
33 S. Utica, 98 W. Albany. Pop. 
i:. 1825, 2504. 

Sherman, p-t. Fairfield co. Ct. 
60 m. SW. Hartford. Pop. 957. 

Sherman, t. Huron co. Ohio, 
•o 0.481. 

Shefucket, r. Ct. formed by the 
tnion of Willimantic and Mount 
i 'pe rivers, runs SE. and joins 
i.iie Quinebaug. The united 
tream still bears the name of 
Shetucket till it receives Norwich 
river, after which it is called the 
Thames. 

Shibboleth, p-v. Washington co. 
Mo. with very productive lead 
mines. 

Skieldsborough, p-t. and cap. 
lancock co. Mi. on the bay of 
St. Louis, 40m. NE. New Orleans. 
The bay is navigable for vessels 
drawing 7 feet water. Shieldsi- 
borough is a pleasant and healthy 
t)lace, and is n^uch resorted to b^y 
th^.ritij^ens ©f Nev;-®rlpans d"u- 



ring tke hot months. Here is an Shrewsbury, p-t. WorcesteS' cpi 
incorporated college 



Ship, isl. Mi. 9 miles long. Lon. 
88° 48' W. Lat. 30^ 5' N. 

Shippen, t. McKean co. Pa. 
Pop. 111. 

Shippensburg, p-t. and bor. 
Cumberland co. Pa. on a branch 
of theConedogwinit. Pop. 1,417. 
31 m. N. by E. Chambersburg, 140 
W. Philadelphia. 

Shippingsport, p-t. Jefferson co. 
Ky. on the Ohio, 2 m. below Lou- 
isville, at the foot of the rapids, 
on a beautiful plain. It is the na- 
tural harbour and landing place 
for all vessels ascending the Ohio 
During three-fourths of the year 
they of necessity stop here, which 
they can do with perfect safety, 
as there is a basin immediately in 
front of the town, capable of 
containing any number of vessels 
of any burden. The town is 
regularly laid out, and rapidly 
improving. Here are a ship-yard 
rope-walk, and an extensive flour 
mill. Pop. in 1819, 600. 

Shirley, p-t. Middlesex co. Ms 
41 m. WNW. Boston. Pop. 922 

Shirley, t. Huntingdon co. Pa 
Pop. 1,191. 

Shirleysburg, p-t, Huntingdon 
CO. Pa. Pop. 183. 

Shoccoe Springs, in Warren co. 
NC. much resorted to for the 
mineral waters. Here is an acad- 
emy. 

Shoreham, p-t. Addison co. Vt 
on lake Champiain, 12 m. SW. 
Middlebury. 49 S. Burlington 
Pop. 1,381. 

Short Creek, t. Harrison co. 
Ohio, 4 m. E. Cadiz. = Pop. 2,978. 

Shreivsbnry, p-t. Rutland co. 
Vt. 9 SE. Rutland. Pop. 1,149. 
Shrewsbury mountain, the third 
in height of the Green mountains, 
IS mere than 4100 ft. above the sea. 



Ms. 6 m. E. Worcester. Pop. 1458 
Shrewsbury, p-t. Monmouth co. 
NJ. on the sea coast. 14 m. SE. 
Middletown point, 79 ENE. Phila- 
delphia. Pop. 4,284. Much gen- 
teel company resort here from 
Philadelphia and New- York du- 
ring the summer. 

Shrewsbury, p-t. York co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,983.— Lycoming co. 379. 
Shutesbury, . p-t. Franklin co. 
Ms. 12 m. SE. Greenfield, 90 
Wi\W. Boston. Pop. 1,029. 
Here is a medicinal spring. 

Sidney, p-t. Kennebeck co. Me. 
on Kennebeck river, 8 m. N. Au- 
gusta. Pop. 1,890. 

Sidney, p-t. Delaware co. NY. 
on the Susquehannah, 25 m. W. 
Dclhi,95 SW. Albany. Pop. 1,107. 
Sidney, p-t. Shelby co. O. on 
the Miami, 10 NE. Piqua, 72 NW, 
Columbus. 

Silver creek, r. Ky.runs into the 
Ohio below Clarksville. 

Silver creek, t. Green co. Ohio. 
Pop. 1,048. 

Silver lake, p-t. Susquehannah 
CO. Pa. Pop. 456. 

Simmes, t. Lawrence co. Ohio- 
Pop. 247. 

Simpson, co. Ky. Pop. 4,852 
Slaves 803. 

Simsbury, p-t. Hartford co. Ct. 
12 NW. Hartford. Pop. 1,954. 
Sinepuxent, a long narrow bay, 
on the SE. coast of Md. Sinepnx- 
ent inlet is in lat. 38° 10' 30" N. 
Sing-sing. S. Mount Pleasant. 
,Si;OMa:,Indians, the most power- 
ful tribe in N. America. They 
inhabit the country between the 
Mississippi and Missouri rivers, 
S. of N. lat. 46°. Their country 
also includes large tracts south of 
the Missouri and east of the Mis- 
sissippi. Their number was stai- 
ned bv the late General Pike at 



Cii,87y, of whom 3,800 xsrere \yar-!p-t. Fayette co. on the Youghuid- 
Hors. Igeiiy, 32 m. I'rom Browriaville* 

Six Jfations, or Iroqvois, a. con- r)~t. Bradford. Pop. 695. t. So- 
federacy of Indian nations, once merset, 106. Lower, Northamp* 
powerful, viz. the Mohawks, ton, 961. Middle, t. and cap. 
Oneidas, Onondagas, Senecas, Pike co. 821. Upper, 877. 
C'ayugas, and Tuscaroras. Whole! Smithjield, p-t. Isle of Wight 
number about 5,000. Ico. Va. on Pagan creek, which 

Skaneateles, lake, NY. about 15 runs into James river, and is na- 
miles long and a mile and a half vigaL)le for vessels of 20 tons. 30 
wide, discharges its waters intoim. WNW\ Norfolk, 85 SE. Rich- 
Seneca river. mond. 



Skaneateles, p-v. in IMarcellus, 
Onondaga co. NY. is beautifully 



Smithjidd, p-t. cap. Johnson 
CO. NC. in a beautiful plain, on 



situated on the margin of the lake the E. side of the Neuse, 25 SE, 



at its outlet, and is a place of 
considerable trade. Here are 
about 100 houses including a 
Presbyterian church. In the-vi- 
clnity is a Friends' boarding 
school.; 7 m. E. Auburn. 

Skenando See Sconondoa. 

Skippak, p-t. Montgomery co. 
Fa. Pop. 1,146. 

Slippery rock, t. Butler Co. Pa. 
Pop. 865. Mercer co. 1,027. 

SloatiesviUe, p-v. Schoharie co. 
NY. 4 m. W^ Esperance. 

Smethport, p-t. and cap. Me. 
Kean co. Pa. 45 E. Warren. 

Smith, t. W^ashington co. Pa, 
Fop. 1,848. 

Smith, CO. Te. Pop. 17,580. 
Slaves 3,5.'54. Chief t. Carthage. 

Smith, t. Belmont co. O. 8 m. 
S. St. Clairsville. Pop. 1,030. 

Smithjield, p-t. Providence co.j 
FT. on Pawtucket river, 9 m. NW. 
Providence. Pop. 4,678. It con- 
tains 4 churches, of which two 
are for Friends; and 3 academies. 
Here are 9 cotton factories, con- 
taining together 11,000 spindles ; 
a gun factory, and other facto- 
ries, and several lime-kilns. 

Smithjield, p-t. Madison co. 
I\Y. 6 m. N. Morrisville, 29 SW. 
TJtica. . Pop. 3,338. 

Smithjield, 6 towns', 



Raleigh, 100 NW\ Newborn. 
Smithjield, p-t. Jefferson co. O. 

12 m. SW. SteubenvilJe. Here is 
a bank. Pop. 500 ; of township, 
2,143. 

Smithland, p-t. Livingston co. 
Ky. on the Ohio. 3 m. below Cum- 
berland river. 

Smith\s, small isl. in the Atlan- 
tic, off the E. shore of Va. 

Smithsborovgh, p-v. Tioga co. 
NY. low. Owego. 

Smithtown, p-t. Suffolk co. NY. 
on L. Island Sound, 53 m. E. Ne\y 
York. Pop. 1,907. 

Smithville, p-t. Chenango Oo. 
NY. 13 SW. Norwich. Pop. 1553. 

Smithville, p-t. and cap. Bruns- 
wick CO. NC. near the mouth cf 
Cape Fear river, 30 m. below 
Wilmington, with a good har- 
bour. Here is an academy. 

Smyrna, p-t. Chenango co. NY- 

13 N. Norwich, 105 W. Albany. 
Pop. 1^^-90. 

Smyrna, or Duck creek, p-t. 
Kent CO. Del. on Duck creek, JO 
m. from its mouth, 12 NW. Do- 
ver. It contains a bank and an 
iacademy. Pop. of hundred, 3951. 

Snovihill, p-t. and cap. Worces- 

jter CO. Md. at tlie head waters of 

Ithe Pokomoke. 20 m. F. Pri^icess 

Pa. VIZ. ! Ann. The ptiblic buildings cfre a 



$©M 



2t;9 



b (J U 



i-outi -bouse, jail, bank, academy, 
and 3 churches. Shipping in 1816, 
*?,364 tons. Here is a large steam 
factory. 

Snowhillf p-t. cap. Greene co. 
NC. 

Sodus, bay, NY. in lake Onta- 
rio, the best harbour on the S. 
shore of the lake. It is 6 or 7 
miles long, and from 2 to 4 wide, 
and of sufficient depth for vessels 
of great burden. 

Sodus, p-t. Wayne co. NY. on 
lake Ontario. 12 m. N. Lyon.s, -30 
N.Geneva. Lat.43O20'N. Lon 
V6« 55' W. Pop. 2,013. 

Solehury, t. Berks co. Pa. on 
the Delaware, opposite Amwell, 
NJ. 

Solon, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 
on the E. bank of Kennebeck ri- 
ver, 18 m. N. Nor ridge wock, 44 
W. by N. Hallowell. Pop. 468. 

Solon, p-t. Cortlandt co. NY. 
10 m. E. Homer, 132 W. Albany. 
Pop. 1,262. 

Somerhill, t 
Pop. 517. 

Somers, p-t. Tolland eo. Ct. 22 
m. NE. Hartford, 12 SE. Spring- 
field. Pop. 1,306. 

Somers, p-t. Westchester co. 
NY. 50 m. NE. New York. Pop. 
1,841. It is the principal cattle- 
iTiarket for the city of New York. 
Here are also numerous factories 
and mills. 

Somers^ t. Preble co. O. Fop. 
1,171. 

Somerset, co. Me. Pop. 21,787. 
Chief t. Norridgewock. 

Somerset, t. Windham cc. Yt. 
42 m. SW. J^'indsor. Pop. 173. 

Somerset^ p-t. Bristol co. Ms. on 
Taunton river, 13 m. S. Taunton, 
42 S. Boston. Pop. 1,116. 

Somerset, p-t. Niagara co. NY. 
on lake OnVa.Yio. 15 NE. Lock- 
.nort. 

2 , 



Somerset, eo. NJ. Pop. l(>,o«(iiL''. 
Chief t. Somerville. 

Somerset, co. Pa. Pop. 13,974. 

Somerset, p-t. bor. and cap. 
Somerset co. Pa. 35 m. W. Bed- 
ford, 60 SE. Pittsburg. Pop. 2396. 
t. Washington co. 1,540. 

Somerset, co. Md. Pop. 19,579. 
Slaves 7,24L Chief t. Princess 
Ann. 

and cap. Pulaski 
SSE. Stanford. 



Somerset, p-t. 
CO. Kv. 12 m. 
Here is a bank. 

Somerset, p-t 
CO. Ohio, 18 m. 



and ca|J. Perry 
SW. Zanesville.' 
Pop. 344. t. Belmont co. 863. 

Somersworth, t. Stratford co. 
NH. on the Piscataqua. Exten- 
sive factories are erected at Sal- 
mon falls. 11 m. N. Portsmouth, 
45 fr. Concord. Pop. 841.^ 

Somerville, p-t. and cap. Somer- 
set co. NJ. contains a court-house, 
jail, a printing-office, from which 
a weekly newspaper is issued ; a 
flourishing academy, and a Dutch 
Cambria co. Pa. j Reformed church. 38 N. Trenton. 

Somerville, p-t. and cap. Cataco, 
or Morgan co. Al. 

Souhegan, r. NH. joins the 
Merrimack in the town of Mer- 
rimack. 

Souhegan, v. See Mason. 

South Amhoy, t. Middlesex co. 
NJ, at the mouth of the Raritan, 
opposite Amboy. Pop. 3,071. 

Southampton, t. Rockingham 
;co. NH. 18 m. SW. Portsmouth. 
I Pop. 416. 

j Souihampion, p-t. Hampshire 
jco. Ms. 9 m. SW. Northampton. 
jIn this town is a lead mine, which 
I is wrought. The ore yields from 
50 to 60 per cent, of pure metal. 
Pop. 1,160. 

Southampton, p-t. Suffolk co. 
on Long Island, NY. 98 m. E. 
New York, divided into 4 pa- 
rishes, West, South, arid Bridge- 



b W b 



2J» 



:? P A 



liaiiiptou, and Sag harbour. ^Pop. 
4,229. 

Southampton, 5 towns, Pa. viz. 
t. Cumberland co. Pop. 1,088. 
Franklin, 1,348. Bedford, 1,158. 
Bucks, 907. Somerset, 540. 

Southampton, co. Va. Pop. 
14,170. Slaves 6,737. Chief t. 
Jerusalem. 

South Bay, in Dresden, NY. 
sets up to the SW. from lake 
Champlain. 

Southboro^igh, p-t. Worcester 
CO. Ms; 18 m. E. Worcester, 28 
W. Boston. Pop. 1,030. 

Southbridge, p-t. Worcester co. 
Ms. on the Quinebaug. Here is 
a manufactory of broadcloths and 
terseymeres, with 40 looms, and 
employing 100 persons ; the quan- 
tity of cloth mannfactured ajinu- 
ally is 18,000 yds. broadcloth, and 
30,000 yds. kerse}Tnere. Fop 
1,066. 18 m. SSW. Worcester, 
50 SSW. Boston. 

South Brimfield, p-t. Hampden 
CO. Ms. 19 ra. E. Springfield. Pop. 
683. 

Southbury, p-t. New Haven co. 
Ct. on the Housatonnuc, 40 m 
SW. Hartford. Pop. 1,6G2. 

South East, p-t. Putnam co 
!VY. 18 m. E. West Point. Pc»p. 
"1,909. 

Southern States, the part of the 
United States which lies on the 
Atlantic, S. of Potomac river; 
viz. the states of Virginia, J\. 
Carolina, S. Carolina, Georgia, 
JHorida, Alabama, Mississippi, 
and Louisiana. 

South farms, p-v. in Litchfield, 
Ct. 

SouVifield, t. Berkshire co. Ms. 
26 m. SE. Lenox. Pop. in 1810, 
147. See Sandisjield. 

South/ield, t. Richmond co. NY, 
on Staten Island, 12 m. S- New 
Yorl?. Pop. l,Qf2i 



SoutJi Hadley, p-t. Hawpsliiro 
CO. Ms. on the E. bank of Con- 
necticut river, 5 m. SE. North- 
ampton, 12 N. Springfield. Pop. 
1,047. The obstructions to the 
navigation of the Connecticut at 
this place, have been surmounted 
by a canal, cut partly through so- 
lid rock. 

South Hero, p-t. Grand Isle CD» 
Vt. 12 m. NW. Burlington. Pop. 
842. 

Southington, p-t. Hartford co. 
Ct. on the Farmington canal. 
Water lime exists here, and is 
used as the cement for the canal 
locks. 18 m. SW. Hartford, 21 
N. New Haven. Pop. 1,875. 

Southington, t. Trumbull cOv. 
Ohio, 9 m. NW. Warren. Pop. 
182. 

South Kingston, p-t. and Cap. 
Washington co. Rl. on the sea- 
coast. It contains the village of 
Little Rest, in which are the 
court-house and jail, a bank, and 
Congregational church. 30 m. 
SW. Providence. Pop. 3,723. 

Sovthold, p-t. Suffolk co. 6n 
Long Island, NY. 100 m. E. New 
York. Pop. 2,968. 

Southpori, t. Tioga co. NY. on 
Tioga river. 5 m, bW. Elmii'a. 

South quay, p-v. and port of 
entry, Nansemond co. Va. Ship- 
ping in 1816, 90 tons. 

South Salem, p-t. W. Chester 
CO. NY. 6 m. N. Bedford, 50 m. 
N. New York. Pop. 1,429. 

Spadre bluff, settlement, on the 
Arkansas, 140 m. above the tovvil 
of Arkansas. 

Spafford, p-t. Qliondaga CO. 
NY. on Skeneateles lake, 18 m. S. 
Onondaga, 14 N. Homer. Pop. 
1,294. 

Sparta, p-t. Livingston co. NY. 
13 m. S. Geneseo, 25 SW. <?ahTn5- 
cfe;fSiia. Pop. 1.47a. 



j'^arta, p-t. and cap. Hancock 
oo! Ga. 25 m. NE. Millegeville, 
64 SW. Au^sta. Here is an 
academy. 

Sparta^ p-t. cap. Conecuh co. 
Al. 

^parfc, p-t. and cap. White co. 
Te. 65 ra. E. IVlurfreesborough. 
In the vicinity are salt springs 
fjrom which inflammable air is 
emitted. 

Spartanburs:, district, SC. Pop. 
16,989. Slaves 3,308. 

Spartanburg, p-t. and cap. of 
the above. 25 m. E. Greenville. 

Spencer, p-t. Worcester co 
Ms. 12 m. W. Worcester, 51 W 
Boston. Pop. 1,548. 

Spencer, p-t. and cap. Tioga co. 
NY. 50 m. SE. Bath, 45 W. Che- 
nango, 190 W. by S. Albanv. Pop 
1,252. 

Spencer, t. Guernsey co. Ohio 
Pop. 410. 

Spencer, co. In. Pop. 1,C^. 

Spencer, p-t. cap. Spencer co 
In. 160 m. SSE. Indianapolis. 

Spenceriown, p-v. Columbia co. 
NY. 30 m. SW. Albany. 

Splitrock, p-T. Essex co. NY. 
on fake Champiain. 2 S. Essex 

Spoon, r. III. flows SE. and 
joins the Illinois 150 m. from its 
mouth. 

Spotswood, p-v. Middlesex co. 
NJ. on South river, which runs 
into the Raritan. It contains a 
powder and 2 snufF-mills. 9 m. 
SE. New Brunswick, 10 W. by 
S. Middletown point. 

Spotsylvania, co. Va. Pop. 
14,254. Slaves 7,724. 

Sprigg, t. Adams co. Ohio. 
Pop. 1,552. 

Spring, t. Centre co. Pa. Pop. 
887. 

Spring Creek, t. Miami co. O. 
Pop. 675. 

i^pxivigfiM, p-t. T/lieshire co. 



NH. 86 NW. Concord. Pop. 9ti?. 
Springfield, p-t, Windsor co 
Vt. on. Connecticut river, 13 lu 
below Windsor. Pop. 2,702. 

Springfi^ld,-p-t. and cap. Hamp- 
den CO. Ms. on the E. side of 
Connecticut river, over which is 
a bridge 1234 feet long. 18 m. S. 
Northampton, 24 N. Hartford, 47 
WSVV. Worcester, 87 W. Bos- 
ton. Pop. 3,970. It is a beauti- 
iul and flourishing town, and con- 
tains a court-house, jail, bank, and 
2 Congregational churches; an 
extensive manufactory of paper 
of a very superior quality, which 
has 12 engines, and employs 100 
girls besides men and boys — being 
the largest establishment of the 
kind in the U. States ; a manufac- 
tory of hollow ware, and the prin- 
cipal armory of the U. States. 

The armory is pleasantly situ- 
ated, on elevated ground, half a. 
mile E. of the village. The build- 
ings are arranged on a large 
equ«re, and consist of one brick 
edifice 204 feet by 32, 2 stori&s 
high, occ.ipied by lock filers, 
stockers, and finishers ; a brick 
forging shop, 150 feet by 32 ; a 
brick building 60 feet by 32, 2 
stories high, the second story 
forming a spacious hall devoted to 
religious worship ; a brick build- 
ng 100 feet by 40, and 2 stories 
high, used as a depository of 
arms ; and numerous smaller 
stores and shops. The watei- 
works are situated on Mill river, 
about 1 mile south of the arsenal, 
in 3 difterent sites, called the Up- 
per, Middle, and Lower Water 
shops, the whole comprising 5 
workshops, 28 forges, 10 trip- 
hammers, 18 water-wheels, and 
exhibiting the greatest assem- 
blage of mills and other water- 
works tr> ho fOBnd in the state. 



\x\ litis establishment are cm- 
loyed from 2-40 to 250 workmen, 
.^ho complete, on an average, 
about 45 muskets daily. Tiie wa- 
ter privileges already owned by 
the U. States, will warrant the ex- 
tension to 30,000 stands anniiallv. 
From 1795 to DL^cember 1817, 
there had been comoleted in this 
manulactorV, 128,559 new mus- 
kets, and 1,202 new carbines, and 
45,700 muskets had been repair- 
ed. The whole expenditure du- 
ring the same period, including 
t he first cost of the establishment, 
was .$•!, 820,1 20. 

Spring^field, p-t. Otsego co. NY. 
12 m. N. Cooperstown, 58 W. Al- 
bany. Pop. 2,065. 

Springjield, t. Burlington co. 
rvJ. 10 m. irom Burlington, 18 fr. 
Trenton. ~ Fop. 1568. Here is an 
academy. 

Spring: fieldy p-t. Essex co. NJ. 
15 m. SW. New York. Pop. 
1,804. 

Spj'ingjieldj 7 towns, Pa. viz. 
t. Bucks CO. Pop. 1,580. p-t. 
Bradford, 506. t. Delaware, 576. 
Erie, 896. Huntingdon, 9t)0. 
fiercer, 598. Montgomery, 639. 

Springfield, p-v. Hampshire co. 
Va. en the S. branch of the Poto- 
mac, 10 m. NE. Romney, 60 
WNW. Winchester. 

Springfield, t. and cap. Effing- 
ham CO. Ga. 

Sp7-ingfie/d, p-t. and cap. Ro- 
bertson CO. Te. on Sulphur fork, 
•25 m. N. Nashville. 

Springfield, p-t. and cap. Wash- 
ington CO. Ky. 30 m. NW. Dan- 
ville. Here is a bank. Two miles 
from Springfield, is a college 
under the direction of the Catho- 
lics. 

Spnngfield, p-t. and cap. Clark 
o. O. with a printing-office, and 



factory, 13 m. S. Urbanna. Pqp- 
1,868." 

Springfield, 9 other towns, O. 
viz. t. Columbiana co. Pop. 1,304. 
Gallia, 588. p-t. Hamilton, 2197. 
t. Jefferson, 1,135. Montgomery, 
Muskingum, 779. p-t. Vortage, 
587. t. Richland, 466. Ross, 
1,593. 

Springfield, p-t. and cap. San- 
gamon CO. 111. on Spring creek, a 
branch of Sangamon river, 65 m. 
NW. Vandalia, 96 NE. St. Louis. 

Springhill, t. Fayette co. Pa. 
on the E. side of the Mononga- 
hela, 16 m. SW. Union. Pop. 
2,086. 

Springplace, p-v. a Mora'^ian 
settlement among the Cherokees, 
3 m. E. Connesaga river, near the 
public road from Georgia to West 
Tennessee. It was formed in 
1801, and in 1819, between 60 and 
70 youths had been educated. It 
receives ^250 annually from the ■ 
U. States treasury. 35 m. SE. 
Brainerd, 129 N W. Athens, Ga. 
I Springport, t. Cayuga co. NY. 
on Cayuga lake, 10 SW. Auburn. 

Spring river, t. Lawrence co. 
Arkaosis ter. Pop. 752. 

Springinlk, p-t. Susquehannali 
CO. Pa. Pop. 702. 

Springirillc, t. Clark co. Ind. 
Pop. 1,222. 

Sprinsrioater, p-t. Javingstoa 
CO. NY. ^ Pop. 1,154. 18 SE. Ge- 
nesee. 

Sgi/am Harbour. See Gl(xi> 
cesicr. 

Sqvam, or Sullivan Lake, a 
beautiful b<*dy of water, NH. 
about 10 miles long and 5 wide, 
which discharges its waters into 
the Pemigewasset. 

Stnjford, p-t. Tolland co. Ct. 
26 m. NE. Hartford, 74 WSW. 
Boston. Pop. 2,369. Here aro 



e.^r^.^i'ns "^^•T5ollen jTird ctrttop. l2 furnace^ each frf nvjiii!h vidd^ 



.iliuaaily about 100 tons of Ijoilo 



ware and other castings ; also 2 
cotton factoriss, and a manufac- 
tory of clocks. The mineral 
spvings in this place are found 
useful in the dropsy, gout, rheu 
matism, &-c. The accommoda 
tioRs for visiters are convenient 
and extensive, and it is estiraate-: 
that from 600 to 900 persons an^ 
imally resort hither. 

Stafford, p-t. Gsnesee co. NY 
Top. 2,069. 6 ni. E. Batavia. 

Stafford, t. Monmouth co. NJ 
Pop. 1,428. 

Stafford, CO. Va. Pop. 9,517 
Slaves 4,368. Chief t. Falmouth 

Stamford, t Bennington eo. 
Vt. 9 SE. Bennington. Pop. 490 

Stamford, p-t. FairtieM co. (.'t 
on Long Island Sound, 42 m. 
SW. New Haven, 43 NE. New 
York. Pop. 3,284. 

Stamford, p-t. Delaware co 
NF. 12 m. E. Delhi, 50 W. Cats- 
kill. Fop. 1,4B5. 

Stanay-dsvilk, p-t. Orange co. 
Va. 23 m. N. bv W. CJharlottes 
ville, 95 NW. Richmond. 

Standish, p-t. Cumberland co. 
Me. on ths Saco, 21 m. NW 
Portland. Pop. 1,619. 

Stanford, p-t. Dutcliess co 
jVY. 18 m. NE. Poughkeepsie, 
Pop. 2,518. 

Stanford, p-t. and cap. Lincoln 
CO. Ky. on a handsome plain, 10 
m. SSE. Danrille. 

Stark, CO. Ohio. Pop. 12,4fl6. 
■ Chief t. Canton. 

Starkey, p-t. Wayne co. NY. 
about 10 m. SE. PennYan. 

Stai-ks, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 
on the Kenncbeck, 7 m. W. Nor- 
ridgewock. Pop. 1,043. 

Starksborough, p-t. Addison co 



Starr, t. 
Pop. 267. 



Hock 



ing 



co.^ Ohio 



V -s 'i' y.. 

Staf.cn hlnnd, isl. i> i . c-.,i.i,. ;. 
tutii.ig the county of Richniondj 
14 miles Ions;, and 8 wide. Sq. tn, 
77. 9 m. SW. New York. It ]<• 
separated from Long Island by 
the narrows, and i'rvm N. Jersey 
by Newark bay, the Kills and Sta- 
ten island sound. There are con- 
siderable high grounds on the 
island. Tompkins hill is 307 feet 
above tide water. The narrows 
are here 176?) yards wide, and de- 
fended by forts. On Signal hill, 
near the fort, is a telegraph. The 
viev/ extends beyond Sandyhook 
and over the harbour and city of 
New York. For Quarantine, see 
CastUton. 

Staieshorough, p-t. and cap. 
Bulloch CO. Ca. 

Siateshurg, p-t. and cap. Sump- 
t( r CO. SC. on Beach creek, a tri- 
butary of the Wateree, 30 m. S. 
Camden. 

StatesvUle, p-t. and cap. IredelJ. 
CO. NC. Here is an academy. 
24 m. SW. Salisbury. 

Staunton, r. Va. one of the 
principal branches of the Roan- 
oke, rises on the west side of the 
Blue Ridge, under the name of 
Roanoke, but after its passage 
through the Ridge, it takes tiir; 
name of Staunton, which it 
preserves till its confluence Vvith 
the Dan. 

Stavnton.-p-t. and cap. Augu}<- 
ta CO. Va. 95 m. SW. Winchester, 
183 WSW. Washington, 120 NW. 
Richmond. This place is fixed 
on as the site of a state asylum 
for lunatics. Here is an academy- 
Pop, about 1,500. 

Staunton, t. Miami co. Ohio, on 
the Miami, 1 m. E. Troy. Pop. 
774. 

Stephcntown, p-t. Rensselaer co. 
N Y. 20 m. SE. Albanv. Pop. 2592 : 
n 1823, 2, 70.-). 
"2^2 



^teking, t. Franklin co. Vt. 24j 
^Ti. E. BtoiingtOQ. Pop. 131. 

Sterling, p-t. Worcester co. 
Ms. 12 m. N. Worcester 44 W. 
Boston. Pop. 1,710 

Sterling, p-t. Wiiidhani co. Ct. 
44 m. E. Hartford. Pop. i,200. 
Here is an academy ; and a cotton 
factory v/ith 1,600 spindles. 

Sterling, o-t. Cavug i co. NY. 
Pop. 792.' 28 m. Ni Auburn. 

Sterling, p-t. Wayne co. Pa. 
Pop. 384. 

Steuben, p-t. Wasliington co. 
Me. 35 m. W. Machias. Pop. 780. 

Steuben, co. i\Y. sq. m. 1,600. 
Pop. 21,989. Chief t. Bath. 

Steulmi, p-t. Oneida co. NY. 20 
m. N. Utica. Pop. 1,4S1. 

Sfeubenvills, p-t. and cap. Je 
ferson co. Ohio, on the W. bank 
of the Ohio, in a fertile and popn 
Ions country, abounding also with 
coal and iron ore. Hei*e are an 
extensive woollen factory, 2 cot 
ton factories, a paper-mill, 2 flonr- 
rnills, all moved by steam; 2 
breweries, 3 copperas manufacto 
ties, an air foundry in which are 
cast all kinds of hollow ware, a 
manufactory of steam engines 
another of machinery for cottoi 
and woollen factories, and - 
carding-machines. Steubenville 
iias increased very ray)idlv. In 
1310, it contained 800 inhabit- 
ant.?; and in 1820, 2,479, with 
3 churches, 2 banks, 2 printing 
offices, an academy, and a larare 
market-house. 38 m. W. Pitfs- 
biirgh, 25 NE. St. ClairsviJle, 150 
ENE. Columbus. Lon. 80° 42' W. 
Lat. 40° 25' N. 

Sfetvart, co. Te. Pop. 8,397 
Slaves 1,352. Chief t. Dover. 

St&ica7'tstow7i, t. Coos CO. NH. 
on Connecticut river, 160 m. N. 
Concord. Pop. 363. 

SUlhoafer, |>-t. S'nfatogti co. 



4 S 1! » 

NY. on the Hudson » 12 ux. E"' 
Ballston, 22 N. Albany. Pop- 
2,821. Bemua heights"^ in this 
town, 2 miles W. of the river, is 
the scene of the battles of 19th 
Sept. and 7th Oct. 1777, between 
the British under Gen. Bur- 
goyne, and the Americans under 
Gen. (Jates, in which the British 
were defeated. 

Stock, t. Harrison co. O. 10 m. 
W. Cadiz. Pop. 483. 

Stockbridge, p-t. Wmdsor CO. 
Vt. 26 m. NW. Windsor. Pop. 
964. 

Stockbridge, p-t. Berkshire co. 
\Is. on the Housatonnuc, 6 m. S. 
Leno.x, 12 S. Pittsfield, 135 W. 
Boston. Pop. 1,377. 

Stockbridge Indians. See JVew 
Stockbridge. 

Stockholm, p-t. St. Lawrence 
CO. NY. 30 m. E. Ogdensburg. 
Pop. 822. 

Stockton, p-t. Chatauque co. 
NY. 6 m. E. Mayville. Pop. 511. 

Stoddard, p- 1. Cheshire co. NH. 
45 m. W. Concord. Pop. 1,203. 

Stoke.s CO. NC. Pop. 14,033. 
Slaves 2,204. 

Stokes, t. and cap. Montgomery 
CO. NC. near the Yadkin. 

Stokes, t. Madison co. Ohio. 
Pop. 461. 

Stoncham., p-t. Middlesex co. 
Ms. 9 m. N. Boston. Pop. 615. 

Stone lick, t. Clermont co. Ohio. 
Pop. 1,070. 

Sione, or Rock Mountain, Geo, 
near the sources of the Oakmul- 
gec and Chatahoochee, 900 feet 
high. 

Stoningion, p-t. and bor. New 
London co. Ct. 12 m. E. New 
Loudon, 55 SE. Hart-brd, 62 E. 
New Haven. Pop. 3,056. It con- 
tains a V. States arsenal, 2 wool- 
len factories, a cotton factory, 
F^-iijfc, Tit:i(fPrr(\v, tmd 2 c!!Trrf:1?cs. 



felupping about 1,100 tons. 



It 



celebrated for its successfui re- 
sistance to the bombardmejit oi'a 
British squadron, Aug. 1814. 

Stono Inlet, SC. separates 
James' and John's islands, and 
flows into the Atlantic. 

Stony creek, t. Somerset co. Pa 
Pop. 754. 

Stony point, Orange co. NY. a 
peninsula projecting from the W. 
bank of the Hudson, at the S. ex- 
tremity of the Highlands. The 
fort at this point was stormed by 
Gen. Wayne in 1779. 

Stoughton, p-t. Norfolk co 
Ms. 14 m. SE. Dedham. Pop 
1,.313. 

Stoio, p-t. Washington co. Vt 
15 m. NW. Montpelier. Pop. 957 

Stow, p-t. Middlesex co. Ms. 
30 m. W. Boston. Pop. 1,071. 

Stow, p-t. Portage co. Ohio, on 
the Cuyahoga, 11 m. W. Ravenna. 
Pop. 578. 

Stow creek, t. Cumjierland co. 
NJ. Pop. 884. 

Stoyestown, p-t. Somerset co. 
Pa. Pop. 404. 

Strabane, t. Washington co. Pa. 
Pop. 2,571. 

Strafford, co. NH. sq. m. 1,345. 
Pop. 51,117. Chief towns, Dover 
and Gilford. 

Strafford, p-t. Strafford co. NH. 
Pop. 2..144, 25 m. E. Concord. 



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Stratford, p-t. Coos co>l(KU tui 
Connecticut river, ^ ra., ^. Lan- 
caster. Pop. 335. 

Stratford, p-t. Fairfield co. Ct. 
on the west side of the Housa- 
tonnuc, ai its mouth, 13 m. SW. 
New Haven. Pop. 3,438. It 
contains an academy, and two 
churches . 

Stratford, r. See Housatonnuc. 

Stratford, t. Montgomery co. 
NY. 15 m, NW. Johnstown. Pop. 
407. 

Stratham, p-t. Rockingham co. 
NH. 7 SW. Portsmouth. Pop. 892. 

Stratfon, t. Windiiam co. Vt. 
38 m. SW. Windsor, 18 NE. Ben- 
nington. Pop. 272. 

Straioberry, r. Arkansas, joins 
Black river. 

Strawberry, t. Lawrence co, 
Arkansas. Pop. 621. 

Strong, p-t. Somerset co. Me. 
24 NW. Korridgelwock. Pop. 
862. 

Strongsville, p-t. Cuyahoga co. 
O. Pop. 297. 

Stroudsburg, p-t. Northampton 
CO. Pa. Pop. 1,143. 

Sturbridge, p-t. Worcester co. 
Ms. 18 m. SW. Worcester, 58 
SW. Boston. Pop. 1,633. Here 
are found iron and lead ores. 

Sturgeon^s. See Qreen bay. 

Stuyvesarit, t. Columbia co. 
NY. on the Hudson. 12 m. N. 



Strafford, p-t. Orange co. Vt.iHudson 



on a branch of the Ompomnonoo 
sue. Here is a man u< actor y of 
copperas. The company was ibrm- 
edin 1809. The ure is abundant. 
The works in 1825, yielded 800 
tons of copperas. 30 m. SE. 
Montoelier, 30 N. Windsor. Pop. 
1,921.' 

Strasburg, p-t. Lancaster co. 
Pa. Pop. 3,483. 

Strasburg, p-t. Shenandoah co. 
*^\T. nm. NNF>. Wof)fr?mde 



Vt. 



Suannee. See Suwaney. 

Sudbury, p-t. Rutland co. 
14 S. Middlebury. Pop. 809. 

Sudbury, p-t. Middlesex co. Ms. 
22 m. W. Boston. Pop. 1,417. 

Suffteld, p-t. Hartford co. Ct. 
on the W. side of Connecticut ri- 
ver, 17 m. N. Hartford, 10 S. 
Springfield. Pop. 2,681. 

Suffield, t. Portage co. O. 11 m. 
SW. Ravenna. Pop. 290. 

^tiffoth, CO. Ms. vC<i.mpri^s ftl^ 



'vus of Boston and Chelsea.l S«ouni/, p-t. Schoharie ct>. i^i; 
Pop. 43,940. ( Fop. 1,468. 16 m. AV. Schoharie 

Sujfoikf CO. NY. on Long Isi-j Sumner^ p-t. Oxford co. Me. t> 
ind.* So. m. 798. Pop. -24,756.' ni. XE. Paris. Pop. 1,055. 
Chief t. River Hend. ! Sumner, co. Te. Pop. 19,211. 

S»</?i;/A:, p-t. and cap. Nause-' Slaves 5,762. Chief t. Gallatin. 
vciond CO. Va. on Nausemoud ri-' Svmptn-y dis. SC. Pop. 25,369. 
ver, which ia navigable to this| Slaves 16,143. Chief t. Statesville. 
place for vessels of 250 tons. 28' S'uvipter-si'iUe, p-t. Clermont co. 
m. \V. by S. Portsmouth, 33 ESE.; SC. 46 m. fr. Columbia. 
Petersburg, 110 SE. Richmond. Sunaf-ee, lake, PsH. 11 mile? 

Sugar Creek, t. Armstrong co. long, and one and a half wide. 
Pa. Pop. 1,482. Venaugo, 621. discharges its waters through Su- 

Svgai' Creek, 4 towns, O. t.' gar river into the Connecticut af 
Stark CO. Pop. 492. Tuscara-; Claremor.t. 
was, 988. p--. Wayne, 642. t.; Svnburi/, bor. p-t. and cap 
Green, 1,881. Northumberland co. Pa. on the 

Svgar LoaJ\ t. Columbia co. E. side of the Susquehannah, just 
Pa. Pop. 505. Luzerne, 1,112. below the junction of tlieE.'and 

Sugur River, NH. tiie outlet of W. branches, 2 m. S. Northum- 
Siinapee lake, joins the Connect!- borland, 56 N. Harrisburg. Pop. 
tut in Claremont. ;861. 

SuUican, p-t. Hancock co. Me. Stenhviy, p-t. and port of en- 
on Frenchman's bay, 80 m. E. ; try. Liberty co. Ga. at the head 
Castine. Pop. ST2. Here is a ot' St. Catharine's sound, 40 m. S. 
bridge credcd across Hog bay, Savannah. It is a pleasant and 
1,4(K» feet long, constructed ujorh) healthy place, and is resorted to 
the new plan introduced by Ithiei; in the summer mciiths by the 
Town, Esq. 'planters of the adjacent country. 

Su-//tfaH,t. Cheshire CO. NH. 42j Here is a nourishing and highly 
m. S\V. Concord. Pop. 582. respectable academy. Average 

SiiUivayi, CO. NY. Sq. m. 97. inumber of students, 100. 
Pop. S,90U. Chief t. Mocticello.! Svnhury, n-t. Delaware co. O. 

Sullivan, p-t. Madison co. NY., Pop. 875." Monroe, 558. 
on Oneida lake. Pop. 2,932. 191 Suucook, r. NH. joins the I\Ier- 
m. NW. Morrisville. 'rimack, 7 m. beiov." Concord. 

StiUit'cDi, p-t. Tioga co. Pa. I StnuierianJ, p-t. Benningtoii 
Pop 507. CO. Yt. 15 NE. Bennington. Pop. 

SuUivan, co. Te. Pop. 7,015. 1496. 
Slaves 836. Chief t. Blountsville.l Siouhrland, p-t. Franklin co. 

Sullivan, t. Medina co. O. Pop.! Mass. on the E. side of Connecti- 
137. -cut river, 8 m. below Greennokl. 

SvlUran, co. In. Pop. 3,498. 1 Pop. 597. 
Chief t. Fort Harrison. Stiperioi; Lake, lies on the N. 

SvUiiuiyrs Island, small isl. onlboundary of the V. States, and 
the N. side of Charleston harbour,! extends 'from 84^ 40 to 92° >Y. 
6 m. below the city, much resort-jKin. and from 46° 30' to 49° N. 
pd to by the citizens of Charles- flat. Its greatest length from E. 
ton. (^)riri? the ffu-mmcr months. rr> "W. Is -W miles^nd ifsrnrpmn- 



5Ui5 ^ 

idreuce 1,700; and its waters are 
discharged through the straits of 
St. Mary into lake Huron. 

Surry, p-t. Hancock co. Me. 18 
m. NE. Castine. Pop. 428. 

Surry, p-t. Cheshire co. NH. 
54 m. SW. Concord. Pop. 570. 

Surry, co. Va. Pop. 6,594. 
Slaves 3,340. 

Surry, co. NC. Pop. 12,.320. 
Slaves 1,-365. Chief t. Huntsville. 

Susquehan^- 'h river, one of the 
largest rivers in the United States, 
is formed by the union of two 
principal branches, the eastern 
and western. The eastern branch 
rises in Otsego lake, NY. and 
running SW. receives the Tioga 
near the Pennsylvania boundary. 
it then flows first SE. and then 
SW. till it receives the western 
branch at Northumberland, after 
which the course of the river is 
first S. and then SE. till it falls 
into the head of Chesapeake bay 
near the NE. corner of Maryland. 
During the last 50 miles of its 
course the navigation of the river 
is obstructed by an almost con- 
tinued series of rapids, but fur- 
ther up, to the union of the two 
branches, there is no obstruction 
which cannot be surmounted at a 
moderate expense. The naviga- 
tion of the river is good for ex- 
port trade, and immense quanti- 
ties of lumber in the form of 
boards, scantling, shingles, (fee. 
continually descend it to Balti- 
more. 

Susquehannah, co. Pa. Pop. 
9,960. Chief t. Montrose. 

Susquehannah, t. Dauphin co. 
Pa. Pop. 1,176. 

Sussex, CO. NJ. Pop. including 
Warren co, 32,752. Chief t. 
Newtown. 

Sussex, CO. Del. Pop. 24,057. 
^hves ^^244. Chtef tflwns 



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Georgetown and Lewistowi:. 

Sussex, CO. Va. Pop. ll,88ilv 
Slaves 7,045. 

Sutton, p-t. Merrimack CO. NH. 
25 NW. Concord. Pop. 1,537. 

Sutton, n-t. Caledonia co. Vt. 
38 m. NE. Montpelier. Pop. 697. 

Sutton, D-t. Worcester co. Ms. 
9 m. S. Worcester. Pop. 2,056, 
See Milhury. 

Sutton, t. Moigs CO. Ohio. Pop. 
639. 

Suivansy, r. Florida, rises in 
Okefonoco swamp, on the bor- 
ders of Georgia, and flowing S. 
falls into Apalachv bav, in Ion. 
830 14' W. lat. 290 is' xN. The 
bar at the mouth has 12 feet wa- 
ter. 

Swainsho^'ough, p-t. cap. Ema- 
nuel CO. Ga. 

Swamscof, a name sometimes 
given to Exeter river. - 

Swan, t. Hancock co. Me. 1£> 
m. NW. Castine. Pop. 503. 

Swansboroug-h, p-t. and cap. 
Onslow CO. NC. on White Oak 
river, 40 m. SW. Newbern. 

Swansey, p-t. Cheshire co. NH. 

6 m. S. Keene. Pop. 1,716. 
Swansey, p-t. Bristol co. Ms. 

16 m. S. Taunton. Pop. 1,933. 

Swanton, p-t. and port of en- 
try, Franklin co. Vt. on lake 
Champlain, which here receives 
Missisque river. The river is 
navigable for vessels of 50 tons, 

7 miles, to Swanton falls, ^where 
it descends about 20 feet. Bog- 
iron ore of a superior quality, and 
marble of a fine texture, the co- 
lour varying from a light blue to 
a jetty black, are found m abun- 
dance in this town. The ore at 
present is chiefly shipped to the 
furnaces at Vergennes. Swantoi 
has two churches, one of which 
is in a small village at the fall?, 
where sto also prectpfl % iniTh fS'o 



i: AQ m % A J. 

Ra)viiig marble, a forge, 6 saw-,fr. its mouth, 20 S. Philadeipiua,. 
jnills, a woollen factory andj Sweet Springs, p-v. Moirroe co. 
other works. 6 m. N. St. Albans,! Va. 30 m. E. by N. Greenbriar, 93 
2S N. Burlington, 5C NW. Mont-IW. Staunton, 
pelier. Pop. 1,607. Sivift, r. NH. runs into the Sa- 

Swanfoivn, t. Kent co. Md. 3 co, in Conway. 
in. SE. Georgetown. Switzerland, co. In. on the 

Swanville, p-t. Hancock co. Me. Ohio. Pop. 3,934. Chief t. Ve- 
en the W. side Penobscot river, vay. 
Pop, 503. I Sycamore, t. Hamilton CO. Ohio. 

Sioatara,r. Pa. runs inta the Pop. 63. 
Susquehannah at Middletown. Syracuse, p-v. Onondaga co. 

Swntara, t. Dauphin co. Pa. ;NY. on the canal. Here are ex- 
Pop. 1,788. jtensive salt works, similar to 

Siveden, p-t. Oxford co. Me. 20 those on Cape Cod, where the 
m. SW. Paris. Pop. 249. salt water is evaporated by the 

Sweden, p-t. Monroe co. NY. sun's heat. The water is obtain- 
Pop. 1,380. 16 m. W. Rochester. led from the salt spring at Salina 

Swedesborough, p-t. Gloucester village, a mile to the N. Pop. in 
CD. NJ, on Pvaccoon creek, 3 m. 11825, 1000. 4 m. N. Onondaga.. 



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Taher^, p-v. in Annsville,i3,000 feet high; and Saddle 
Oneida co. NY. on the E. branch jMountain. 

of the Fishkill. The Taberg iron i Ta/dof, co. Md. on the eastern 
works, at this place, consist of aishore. Pop. 14,389. Slaves 4,748. 
forge, a blast furnace, and ajChief t. Easton. 
pocket furnace. 7 m. N. of the Talcof mountain, Ct. 8 m. W. 



canal, 11 W. Rome, 27 NW 
Utica. 

Table Mountain, in the NE 
corner of Pendleton district, SC 
about 4,360 above the sea. 

Taghkanick, t. Columbia co 
NY. 18 m. SE. Hudson. 
^,600 



Hartford, on which is Moiate 
Video, the elegant country-seat 
of Daniel Wadsworth, Esq. 

Talluhdssee, p-t. cap. of Jack- 
son CO. Florida, and seat of go- 
vernment of the territory, stands 
Pop, }on a beautiful eminence, between 
ithe rivers St. Marks and Okelo- 



Taghkannuc, mountains, New;chonee, 7 m. from the Okelocho- 
England, a western branch of thenee, and 250 from port St. Marks. 
Green Mountains, wliich leaves It was laid out in the spring of 
the main range a little below Mid- 1824, and in the autumn of the 
dlebttry, Vt. and running S. ter-inext year contained about 100 
rainates on Long Island sound, 20 houses, including a church, a 
an. SW. New Haven. The high- j printing-office from which a 
nst summits are Taghkannuc injweekly newspaper is issued, and 
th»^*^^ rr>>-ra' nf M3^-,K'htisetts,'serveral merhanirs' ^ho^ An 



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appropriation of $27,060 is made 
for the erection of the public 
buildings. Adjacent to Talla- 
hassee, is the township granted 
by Congress to Gen. Lafayette. 

Tallapoosa^ r. Al. unites with 
the Coosa, 3 m. below fort Jack- 
son, to form the Alabama. 

Tallmadge, p-v Portage co. O. 
on Norton's creek, a line mill 
stream which falls into the Cuya- 
hoga, 11 m. SW. Ravenna. Here 
are an academy, a furnace, forge, 
and various mills. Pop. 742. 

Tallulah, on the map Tvroree, 
s. Geo. the W. branch of the Tu- 
galoo. About 10 miles from its 
Junctiion with the Chatooga, it 
has for more than a mile worn a 
passage through a ridge of moun- 
tains, in the course of which it 
descends by successive pitches 
not less than 300 feet. 

Taloney. See Carmel. 

Tampa. See Hillsborough Bay. 

Tarmvorth, p-t. Strafford co. 
NH. 60 m. S. Concord. Pop. 
1,442. 

Taneytown^ p-t. Frederick co. 
Md. 27 m. N. by E. Fredericks- 
town, 71 fr. Washington. Itcon- 
tains a number of mills, and some 
iron works. 

Tappahannock, p-t. port of en- 
try, and cap. of Essex co. Vl on 
the SW. bank of the Rappaiian- 
nock, 54 m. NE. Richmond, 67 
from Williamsburg, 117 trorn 
Washington. Shipping in 1816, 
7,285 tons. 

TappaUj p-v. Rockland co. AT. 
on the Hudson, which here ex- 
pands to the width of 4 miles. 28 
in N. New York. 

Tar, or Pamlico y r. NC. is 
formed by several branches in the 
N. part of the State, and pursuing 
fi SE. course, falls into Pamlico 
:-nijrnd. its whole length is about 



il80 miloB, and it is navigable lor 
vessels drawing 9 feet water, to 
Washington, 40 miles, and for 
j boats carrying 30 or 40 hogsheads, 
to Tarborough, 50 miles farther, 

Tarborough,])-t. and cap. Edge- 
combe CO. NC. on the W. side of 
Tar river, 85 m. above its mouth, 
|37 S. Halifax, 112 S. by W. P^- 
Itersburg. Here is an academy. 
Large quantities of tobacco, pork^ 
beef, and Indian corn, are col- 
lected here for exportation. 

Tarpaulin Cove, on the coast of 
Mass. 3 leagues NNW. Holmes' 
hole, in Martha's Vineyard. 

Tarrytown, v. W^estchester co, 
NY. on the Hudson, with a land 
ing and some trade. 30 m. N- 
New York. Near this village, 
Major Andre, the British spy, 
was taken in 1779. A few rods 
from the road is the scene of Ir- 
ving's inimitable ' legend of the 
sleepy hollow.' 

Tatnall, co. Ga. Pop. 2,64.1 
Slaves 568. 

Tauconic. See Tagkkannuc. 

Taunton, r. Ms. rises in Ply- 
mouth CO. and running SW. falls 
into Narraganset bay. It is navi- 
gable for small vessels to Taun- 
ton, 20 miles. 

Taunton, p-t. and cap. Bristol 
CO. Ms. on the W. side of Taun- 
ton river, 21 m. E. Providence, 36 
S. Boston. It is a pleasant town 
and contains a court-house, jail, 
academy, bank, and 5 religious 
societies ; also 2 cotton factories, 
an establishment for printing 
calicoes, a furnace, nail manu- 
factory, and 3 rolling and slitting 
ntills. Pop. 4,520. 

Tawasnensing, t. Northampton 
CO. Pa. Pop. 874. 

Tazewell, co. Va. Pop. 3,916. 
Slaves 463. Chief t. Jefferson- 
villc. 



'ra:iaveU,-p-t. cap. Claiborne cio.iis navigable to the Muscle Skoai£', 
Te. 35 m. N. Knoxville. 259 miles, at all seasons. Hefo 

Teche, r. La. joins the Atchafa- it spreads out, and becomes so 
lava, 15 m. fr. the gulf of Mexico, shallow, that it is difficult for 

Tecumseh^ p-t. cap. Lenawee boats to pass, when the water is 



CO. Michigan 

Telfair, co. Ga. Pop. 2,104 
Slaves 646. 

Tell, t. Huntingdon co. Pa. half 
a mile from Waterloo. Pop. 636 

Tellico, p-t. Blount co'. Ten. on 
the N. bank of Tennessee river, 
at the contluence of the Tellico, 
50 m. SW. Knoxville. 

Temple, t. Kennebeck co. Me. 
40 m. NW. Augusta. Pop. 615. 

Temple, p-t. Hillsboro' co. NH. 
40 m. S Concord. Pop. 752. 

T&npleton, p-t. Worcester co. 
Ms. 27 m. NW. Worcester, 60 
AVNW. Boston. Pop. 1,331. 

Tennessee, one of the U. States, 
l)0unded N. by Kentucky ; E. by 
?C. Carolina : S. by Georgia, Ala- 
bama, and Mississippi ; and W. 
by Mississippi river which sepa- 
rates it from Arkansas ter. It 
lies between 35° and 36° 30' N. 
lat. and between 81° 30' and 90® 
lU' W. Ion. It is 430 miles long, 
104 broad, and contains 40,000 
BCjUare miles, or 25,600,000 acres. 
Pop. 422,505. Slaves 80,097. 
Kumber of militia in 1821, 36,146. 
The Cumberland mountains run 
from S"\V. to NE. through the 
centre of the state, and divide it 
into East and West Tennessee. 
Nashville is the capital. 

Tennessee, r. formed by several 
branches which rise in the west- 
ern parts of Virginia and the Ca- 
rolinas, and unite a little west of 
Knoxville. It runs SW. through 
Tennessee into Alabama; then 
turns and runs NW. through 
Tennessee into Kentucky, and 
empties itself into the Ohio. Its 
I'oiirpe reeerr'Wr'p the Ictte? V. It 



low. Above the shoals there is 
no obstruction for 250" miles, till 
you come to the Suck or Whiri, 
where the river breaks through 
the Cumberland mountains. The 
river is here compressed to a 
width of about 70 yards. Just 
as it enters the mountain, a large 
rock projecting from the northern 
shore, causes a sudden bend ia 
the river; the water is thrown 
with great violence and rapidity 
against the southern shore, 
whence it rebounds around the 
point of the rock, and produces 
the whirl. Boats pass the whir! 
without much danger or diffi- 
culty. 

Tennessee ridge, separates the 
waters of the Tennessee and 
Cumberland rivers. 

Tensaw, r. Al. the eastern out- 
let of Mobile river. It leaves the 
main stream 7 m. below Fort 
Stoddert, and passing by Blakely, 
flows into Mobile bay. 

Tensaw, r. La. joins the Wa- 
chita. 

Teoronfo, bay, NY. in lake On- 
tario, 5 miles long and 1 wide, in 
Per field. 

Terre aux Boeufs, settlement, 
La. just above the English turn, 
in trie river Mississippi. 

Tetre Haute, p-t. and cap. Vi- 

fo CO. In. on the E. bank of the 
Vabash, contains a brick court- 
house, a jail, a land office, and 
about 80 dwelling-houses. 91 m. 
WSW. Indianapolis. 

Teion, r. flows into the Mis- 
souri, 1,263 m. from the Missis- 
ppi. 
Ter'.^Jtsdnry, p-t. Mid^e^cx To. 



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a' I c> 



JSh. 2BN. Boston. 

Teiokshury^ t. 

' Pop. 1,490. 



Pop. 1,008. 
Hunterdon co. 



NJ. 



Tliames, r. Ct. which properly 
Tiseain Mashapaugpond in Union, 
and first passes into Massachu- 
setts ; it then turns to the S. and 
re-enters Connecticut, pursuing a 
southerly course till it falls into 
Long Island Sound at New Lou- 
don. From its source to its junc- 
tion with the Shetucket it is call- 
ed Quinebaug, and from this 
point to the junction of Norwich 
river it i.s called Shetucket. It is 
navigable for sea vessels to Nor- 
wich 14 miles. 

Theakiki. See Kankakee. 

Tketford, p-t. Orange co. Vt 
on Connecticut river, contains 3 
small villages, a Congregational 
church, and an academy. 28 m. 
above Windsor, 34 SE. Montpe 
lier. Pop. 1,915. 

Thomastoion, p-t. Lincoln co 
IMe. on the W. side of the mouth 
of Penobscot bay, and on St 
George's river, which falls into 
the Atlantic, and is navigable for 
large ships to this place, 12 miles 
from its mouth. Here are inex 
liaustible quarries of lime and 
marble. More than 100,000 cask 
of lime are annually exported. 
The state prison stands on St. 
Ceorge's river, upon a lot of 10 
acres, which includes an exten- 
sive quarry of limestone. Th( 
buildings, consisting of the keep 
er's house, 40 feet by 30, 2 sto- 
ries high, a hospital 48 by 23 feet 
and the prison containing 50 cells 
the whole of stone, and enclosed 
by a wall, were erected for con- 
siderably less than |30,000, 
About 30 square-rigged vessels, 
besides sloops and schooners, are 
owned in this town. Here is a 
bc\nk with a capital of §50,000. 



36 m. E. Wiscasset, 85 EKL/ 
Portland. Pop. 2,651. 

Thompson, p-t. Windham Co. 
Ct. 46 m. ENE. Hartford. Pop. 
928. 

Thompson, t. Sullivan co. NY. 
34 m. fr. Newburgh. Pop. 1,897. 
See Monticello. 

Thompson, t. Delaware co. 
Ohio. Pop. 173. Geauga co. 
324. Sandusky co. 162. 

Thompson's Island, or Ket/ 
West, small isl. off the S. coast 
of Florida, 7 miles long and 2 
broad, with a good harbour, but 
an unhealthy place, and wanting 
pure water. 75 m. N. by W. 
Havana, 30 from the main land, 
Lon. 810 56' W. Lat. 24° 29' N. 

Thorn, t. Perry co. O. 6 m. 
NW. Somerset. Pop. 1,031. 

Thornbury, t. Chester co. Pa, 
Pop. 202. Delaware co. 537. 

Thorndike, t. Hancock co. Me.- 
Fop. 433. 

Thorndike, t. Portage co. Ohio. 
Pop. 277. 

Thornton, p-t. Grafton co. NH. 
55 m. N. Concord. Pop. 857. 

Throg''s point, or neck, in West- 
chester, NY. extending into East 
river. It is ceded to the U. S. 
and a fort is to be erected here. 

ThroopsviUe, p-v. Cayuga co. 
NY. on the Owasco outlet. 2 m, 
N. Auburn. 

Thousand isles, a chain of small 
islands and rocks in the St. Law- 
rence, which commences near 
lake Ontario and extends 30 miles 
below. The largest are Grand 
island, U. C. and Carleton and 
Wells' islands attached to New 
York. ^ 

Ticonderoga, p-t. Essex co. 
NY. at the foot of lake George, 
which here discharges its waters 
by an outlet, three miles long, 
into the W. ^ide of lake Chara- 



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plaiu. The outlet runs at first! Western branch of the S'usqud- 
jn a NE. direction, descending in|hannah, rises in Pennsylvania, 
a succession of falls 157 feet. land running i\E. into New York, 
Thence to its mouth the courseireceives the Conhocton, at Paint- 
is SE. and the peninsula at thejed Post, then turning SE. re-eu- 
confluence of the outlet withjters Pennsylvania and meets the 
lake Champlain, is the site of the Eastern branch of the Susque- 



celebratcd fort cl' Ticonderoga 
From the S. point of this penin- 
sula, there is a ferry of half a 
mile to Mount Independence, on 
the E. side of the lake. Mount 
Defiance is on the W. side, at the 



mouth of the ovitlet, and rises to 
the height of morf than 600 feet 
It is steep and inaccessible on the 
side towards the lake, but the W. 
side admits of an easy road to the 
summit. The fort stood near the 
S. point of the peninsula, and 
was built by the Frenck in 1756. 
It is now a fine ruins. The gar- 
rison ground consisted of about 
500 acres, and extended to the 



hannah at Athens. It affords 
a good navigation for boats. 

Tioga, CO. .NY. Sq. m. 1,000. 
Pop. 14,716. Chief towns, Elmi- 
ra and Owego. 

Tioga, p-t. Tioga co. NY. on 
' i. W. 

4,021. 



the Susquehannah, 10 
Owego. Pop. 1816. 

Tihgi7, CO. Pa. Pop 
Chief t. Wellsborough. 

Tioga, p-t. Tioga co. Pa. Pop. 
246. 

Tioga point. See Athens, Pa. 

Tiougnjoga Creek,NY. after a S. 
course of 55 miles, joins the Che- 
nango at Chenango forks. 

TipjHCiuwe, I. Ind. enters tlie 



lines draws across the N. end ofjXVabash 140 m. above Vincennes. 
peninsula at its junction with thelOu its banks a severe battle vvas 
mainland. On the outlet of lakejfought, Nov. 1811, between the 
George there are two small vil-lU. S. troops and the Indians, in 
lages^ a mile ap-:rt, at what aro|which the former vrere victori- 



called the Upper and Lower 
falls: where are also some incon- 
siderable mills. A steam-boat 
plies through lake George be- 
tween this place and Caldwell. 
30 m. S. Elizabethtown, 25 N. 
Whitehall, 96 N. Albany, 15 S.lvidence 
Crown point. Lon. 73° 25' W. 
Lat. 43^ 50' N. Pop. 1,493. 

Timocta, r. O. joins the San- 
dusky, 40 m. S. fort Stephenson. 



one. 

I'isbiity, t. Dukes co. Ms. on 
the N. side of Martha's Viuevai-d 
island. Pop. 1,2^23. 

Tiverton, p-t. Newport co. RT. 
13 m. NE. Newport, 24 SE. Pro- 
Pop. 2,S75. 

2hhy, t. Armstrong to. Pa. 
Pop. 1,156. 

Toby's creek, r. Pa. runs into 
the E. side of Alleshanv river, 20 



fir/n/ci;;«,t. Delaware CO. Pa. onjm. below Franklin, 
the Delawart. Pop. 182. Bucks Tockoa Falls, in a small creek 
CO. 1,249. of the same name, which runs in- 

T/«njoM//i, p-t. Rutland CO. Vt.jto the Tugaloo in Franklin co. 
8 m. S. Rutland. Pop. 1,009. iOeo. The water which is coUect- 

Tinsaoatte, a Baptist missiona-jed in a basin above the falls, 
i'y station, Te. among the Chero-iflows through a fissure 20 feet 
kces> on Ejowee river. jwide in tlie rock, a.nd falls pcr- 

Tioga, or Chemung, a large 'peudicularly 187 feet, expanding 



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2tU 



• J • R t; 



nnd trjcing the shape of line raiu,jamong whom is a school eat 



before it reaches the bottom 
Todd, CO. Ky. Pop. 5,089, 

iSlaves 1,729. 

Tolland, p-t. Hampden co 

Ms. 29 m. W. Springfield. Pop, 

692. 

Tolland, co. Ct. Pop. 14,330, 



Wished by the Baptists. The vil- 
lage stands on both sides Tonne- 
wanta creek, .15 m. WNV^^ Ba- 
tavia. 

T(]psfield, p-t. Essex co. Ms. 9 
m. N. Salem. Pop. 866. 

Topshwn, p-t. Lincoln co. Me. 



Tolland, p-t. and cap. Toliandion the Androscoggin, opposite 
CO. Ct. 17 m. NE. Hartford. Pop.jBruaswick, 27 m. W. Wiscasset. 



1,6<">7. 

2\>mbigbee, or Tombeckbee, 



Pop. 1,420. The courts of com- 
mo\i pleas are held here. Here 



Topshani, p-t. Orange co. Vt. 
19 m. SE. Montpe- 



Al. rises in the N. part of thciare many mills and manufacto- 

state, and flowing S. joins the ries. 

Alabama about TO liles fromj 

the gulf of Mexico, to form theiPop. 1,020. 

Mobile. It is navigable for laigellier. 

vessels for 9 months ia the year, Torringion, p-t. Litchfield co. 

to St. Stephens, and for boats to Ct. 23 m. NW. Hartford, 7 NE. 

the junction of the Black War-JLitchfield. Pop. 1,449. Here is 

rior. a large woollen factory. 

Tompkins^ co. NY. eq. m. 468. j Toxvamensing, p-t. Montgome« 
Pop. in 1825, 32,747. Chief t. ry co. Pa. Pop. 571. 



Ithaca. 

Tompkins, p-t. Delaware co. 
NY. 30 m. SW. Delhi, 100 from 
Albany. Pop. 1^206. 

Tompkinsvilh. See Castleton. 

Tompkinsville, p-t. cap. Mon- 
roe CO. Ky. 

Tonnexoanta, creel:, NT. after a 
course of 90 miles runs isto th« 
Niagara, 10 m. below Black Rock. 



Townnda, p-t. and cap. Brad- 
ford CO. Pa. on the E. branch of 
the Susquehannah. 60 ra. NW. 
Wilkesbarre. Pop. 1,024. 

T'oumsend, p-t. Middlesex co. 
Mass. 44 m. NW. Boston. Pop. 
1,482. 

Townsend, t. Huron co. Ohio. 
Pop. 166. Sandusky co. 148. 

Townshaid, p-t. WLndliam co. 



It is a deep, sluggish stream, boat- Vt. 12 m. NW. Brattleborougji. 
able 30 miles. From its mouthiPop. 1,406. 

for 11 miles to Green-haven it Traders hill^ or Fort Akri, 
forms the route of the Erie canal. iCaraden co. Ga. on St. Mary's 

Tonne.xcanta, v. on Niagara ri- river, 40 m. above St. Mary's, 
ver, NY. at the mouth of Tonne-j Transylvania, t. Jefferson co. 
wanta creek. Vessels approach Ivy. at the mouth of Harrod's 
it from lake Erie. A ferry is es-jcreek, 8 m. above Louisville, 
tablished to Ararat on Grandj J^ransylvania University. See 
N. 



island. 10 m. by the canal 
Buffalo. 

Tonneujania, a reservation be 
longing to the Seneca Indian 
chiefly in Orleans? co. NY 
12 miles long and 6 wide 



■ri!iii(h!?ir of IiidiaTre ts ahont 3^0, fo? btjats 20. 



Lexington, Ky. 

Tredriffin, t. Chester co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,449. 

Trent, r. NC. flows into Jthe 
It isi Neuse, at Newbern. It is naviga- 
Thelble for sea vessels 12 mile??-, zz^. 



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T^enion, t. Hancock 20 We. oni 2Voy, city, and cap. Rensselac ; 
Frenchman's bav, 30 m. NE. Cas- co. NY. on the E. bank of the Hud- 



fine. Pop. 639. 

Trenton., p-t. Oneida co. NY. 
on West Canada creek, wth a 



!Son, 6 ra. above Albany. Its site 
is a handsome plain, extending 
along the margin of the river, and 



handsome village. In this town I bordered on the E. by a range of 
the creek has two considerable!hi!ls. Several streams descend 
falls: the principal falls is 2 m.' from the hills into the Hudson, 
E. ot'the village," where the stream [ind afford excellent situations for 
descends 100 feet ill the conrse ofiwater works. The river is navi- 



a few rods ; the other is 3 miles 
above. 13 m. N. Utica. Pop 
:i,ei7. 

Tre7ifon, city, Hunterdon co. 
NJ. and capital of the state, is on 
B. side of Delaware river oppo- 
site the falls, 11 m. SW. Prince- 
ton. 27 SW. New Brunswick, 30 
JVE. Philadelphia, 60 SW. New 
York. Lon. 74° 51' W. Lat. 40° 
i3' N. The river is navigable to 



;^able fo^r sloops, and on the W. 
side is connected by a branch ca- 
nal, with the Erie and Champlaiii 
canals, below their junction in 
VVatervliet. In 1825, the amount 
of merchandise brought to the 
city on the canals, was 107,203 
tons. About 60 sloops are own- 
yd here, which are employed in 
ihe trade of the place. 

Among the manufacturing es- 



Ihis place for sloops, and lOu'tablishments are 6 grist-mills, 
which produce yearly, 325,000 
bushels of tiour, a cotton factory 
with 1700 spindles, consuming an- 
nually 100,000 pounds of cotton ; 
3 iron and nail factories, at which 



miles above the falls, for boats of 
S or 9 tons. Trenton contains a 
handsome state-house, 6 churches, 
an academy, 2 banks, and 2 cot- 
ton factories, one of which em- 



ploys more than 350 hands. Atjabout 500 tons of iron are rolled, 
the foot of the falls is an elegant 'and 700 cut into nails annually : 



bridge over the Delaware, 1,100 
feet long. Pop. including Blooms- 
burv aud Lamberton, 3,942. 

Trenton, p-t. and cap. Jones co 
NC. on the Trent, 20 m. W. IVew- 
bern, 81 NNE. Wilmington. 

Triangle, p-v. Broome co. NY. 
T in. from Lisle village. 

Trigg, CO, Ky. Pop. 3,874. 
Slaves 816. 

Troupsburg^ p-t. Steuben co. 



a shovel and spade manufactory; 

2 air lurnaces ; 3 stone potteries ; 

3 breweries, producing yearly, 
8000 barrels ; a paper-mill ; a 
gun factory ; and 4 tanneries ; be- 
sides which, several mechanical 
trades, viz. the coopers', cab. ma- 
kers', chair makers', shoemakers', 
tfcc. are pursued to a large extent. 

The city is regularly laid out, 
and well built." It contains a 



NY. 20 m. SW. Bath. Pop. 656. jcourt-house, and jail, a market- 
Troy, p-t. Cheshire co. NH. house, a house of industry for the 

Poi). 676. {county, 2 banks, 4 printing-offices, 

2Vw3/,pt.Orlean9 co.Vt.onMis-jfrom "which are issued 1 semi- 

eisque river, which liere has a.weekly, and 2 weekly newspapers; 

perpendicular fall of 70 feet. 47|a lyceum of natural history, pro- 

)u. NE. Montpelier. Pop. 277. rvided with a valuable cabinet of 
Troy, p-t. Bristol co. Ms. 16 ni. minerals ; a small city library ; a 

-^. Tntmton. Pop. 1,594. 'Lancaster school, containing 



hbout iiOO pupils ; a Female Sem- 
inary of high celebrity, \\'ith 170 
IMipils ; tlie Rensselaer school ; 
and 6 churches, one each tor Pres- 
byterians, Methodists, Friends, 
Episcopalians, Kaptists, and Uni- 
versalists. 

The Rensselaer school, in this 
city, was established by the Hon. 
Stephen Van Rensselaer, and 
opened in 1825. Tustrnction is 
given by two professors, and the 
course embraces clieraistvy, nat- 
ural philosophy, and the outlines 
of miueraloffy, geology, botany, 
and zoology, with the application 
of these sciences to the purposes 
of common life. Two large farms, 
one of 450, and the other of, 250 
.'icres, are provided, together with 
a chemical and pliilosophical ap- 
paratus, geological ca'ninet and li- 
brary, and buildings for the ac- 
cn7T>modation of the students. 

The growth of Troy has been 
Very rapid. In 179-1, it was a 
mere hamlet. In 1810, the popu- 
lation was 3,S95 ; in 1820, 5,264 i 
i n 1825, 7,859. 

Troy^ p-t. Bradford co. Pa. 
Top. 536. 

Troy, p-t. cap. Obien co. Te. 

T.'oy, p-r. and cap. Miami co. 
6. on the W. bank of the Miami, 
21 m. A'. Dayton, 66 W. Colnni- 
bu.s. Pop. 293. Hero is a print- 
ing-office. 

Troy, 4 other towns O. viz. t. 
Athens co. at t1;e confluence of 
the Hockhocking with the Ohio 
25 m. below Marietta. Pop. 527. 
Cuvahoga, 347. — Delaware, 253. 
Richland, 456. 

Troy, p-t. and cap. Perry co. In. 
on the Ohio, at the mouth of An- 
derson's creck,55 ^VSW.Corydon. 

Troy, p-t. Lincoln co. Mo. 10 
m. NW. Monroe. 

'lh\\tm(nishvr^, p-v. Tompkins 



;.' 1 t j:; 

CO. NY. 11 m. NVV. Uhu- . 

Tnnnhvll, p-t. Fairfield co. (>. 
17 m. W. New Haven. Pop. 1^2. 

Tnmhvll, CO. O. Pop. 15,546. 
Chief t. Warren. 

Trnro, p-t. Barnstable co. M.-. 

7 SE. Boston, in a direct line, 
112 by the road; 10 SE. Prov- 
incetown. Lat. 42° 4' N Lon. 
0'^4' W. Pop. 1,241. 

Tr7fro, t. Franklin co. O. 7 ni. 
K. Coluriibus. Pop. 693. 

Truriotiy p-t. Cortlandt co. NY. 
14 m. NE. Homer, 142 W. Albanv. 
Pop. 2,956. 

T/'yow/.t.Adamsco.Pa.Pop. 840. 

Tryon Mountains, NC. border- 
ing on Tennessee. 

TufionbQrn\ p-t. Strafford co. 
NH. on lake Winnepiseogee, 50 
m. NW. Concord. Pop. 1,232. 

l\(cP:aseesin8r, p-t. cap. EfSng- 
ham CO. Ga. 

Tugelno, r. Ga. is formed by 
the union of the Tallnlah and 
Chatooga, a.nd flowing SE. joins 
the Kiowee to form Savannah ri- 
ver. 

T'ullVt p-t. Onondaga co. NY. 
14 m. §. Onondasa, 60 S. of W. 
Utica. Pop. 1,194. 

Tulpehocken, t. Berks co. Pa. 
on the N. side of the i'ulpehocken 
which runs into the Schuylkill. 
Pop. 3,238. 

Tttnbridgr, p-t. Orange CO. Vf. 
30 tn. N. VViudsor. Pop. 2,003. 

Tvnkhannock^ r. Pa. runs into 
the E. branch uf the Susquehan- 
na li, 35 m. above Wilkesbarre. 

Tnnkha7inock, p-t. I.uzerne Ct. 
Pa. Pop. 1,132. 

Turhelt, t. MifHin co. Pa. UG6. 

'TvrhvSy t. Northumberland to. 
Pa. Pop. 2,7.52. 

Turin, p-t. Lewis co. NY. on 
Black river, which here has re- 
im.Trkable flails, 15 N.Rome, 46 
NW.Utifa,145NW.AlbanyP.18t2. 



Tl'./key Foot, p-i. Somerset co. 
Pa. Pop. 1,138. 

Turkey Pointy point of land, 
IVId. at the head of Chesapeake 
bay, 15 m. SW. Elkton. 

Turner, p-t. Oxford co. Me. on 
the Androscoggin, 18 m. E. Paris, 
155 NNE. Boston. Pop. 1,726. 

Turoree, See Tallulnh. 

Turtle Creek, t. Warren co. 
Ohio. Pop. 4473. 

Turtle River, Ga. flows into the 
St. Simons sound. It i^ a bold 
deep stream, navigable for the 
largest vessels to Brunswick. 

Tv3calousa. SeeBlack fVurrior. 

Tuscaloosa, co. Al. Pop. 8,229. 
Slaves 2,335. 

Tuscaloosa, p-t. cap. of Tusca- 
loosa CO. Al. and seat of govern- 
ment of the state, at the tails of 
Black Warrior river. 97 m. fr. Ca- 
jiawba, 855 fr. Washington city. 

Tuscaraicas, r. O. rises in the 
SW. part of Portage co. and after 
a SW. course of 80 miles, meets 
Whitewoman's river at Co;-hoc- 
ton, to form the Muskingum. It 
is navigable to New Philadelphia 
ior boats of 7 or 8 tons. 

Tuscarawas, c<j. O. Pop. 8,328. 
Chief t. New Philadelphia. 

Tuscarawas, t. Coshocton co. 
Ohio. Pop. 975.— Stark co. 735. 

TiiScarora, Indian v. Niagara 
CO. NY. on a tract of land. 3 miles 



.^l> b i\ A 

long, and 1 broad. 3 m. E. Lewi?, 
ton. Number about 300. They 
have a church and school, under 
the care of the United Foreign 
Mission Society. 

Tusrumhia, or Big Spring, p-t. 
Franklin co. Al. Pop. in 1823, 
702, of whom 213 were slaves. 

Tuihiltown, p-v. Ulster co. NY. 
on Shawangunk cr. 22 S.Kingston. 

Twtggs, CO. Ga. Pop. 10,447. 
SlavesX462. Chief t. Marion. 

Twin, t. Dark co. O. Pop. 228. 
—Ross, 1,512. Preble, 865. 

2\nnsburg, p-t. Portage co. O. 
Pop. in 1822, 300. 

Tyhee, isl. Ga.'at the mouth of 
Savann.ah river. Loii. 81° 10' W. 
Lat. 32° N. Here is light-house. 

Tygurts Valley. See Beverly. 

Tyger, r. SC. runs into Broad 
river, 5 m. above the Enoree. 

Tyler, co. Va. 2,314.Slaves 100. 

l^yngsborough, p-t. jVIiddlesex 
CO. Ms. on the W. side of theM.^r- 
riiriack,28 m.iNW.Eoiton.Pop.808. 

Tyringfiam, p-t. Berkshire co. 
Mass. 1-1 SSE. Lenox. Pop. 1,443. 

Tyrone, p-t. Steuben co. NY. 
16 m. NE. Bath. 

Tyrone, t. Fayette co. Pa. -on 
the Youhiogeny, 15 m. N. Union. 
Pop. 1,058. — Huntingdon CO. Pop. 
813.— Perrv co. 2,236. 

Tyrrel, co. NC. Pop. 4,319. 
Slaves 1,261. Chief t. Elizabetht'n. 



U 



Ulster, CO. NY. sq. m. 966. Pop. 
S0,934. Chieft t. Kingston. 

Ulster, p-t. Bradford co. Fa. 
704. 

Ulysses, i. Tompkins co. NY. oc, 
Cayuga iake, 6 NW. Ithaca, t o^:. 
in 1825, 3,!J00. Here are 13 saw- 
mills, 6 grist-.nills, ic. 

f^fmba^og ho^kt) partly in Me. 



and partly in NH. 20 miles long, 
aivd 10 broad, discharges its wa- 
ters into Margailawav river. 

UnadUla, p-t. Otsego <.o. NY. 
on the E. side of Susquehannah, 
with & handsome village at the 
confluence of the Unadilla. 34 m. 
SW. Cooperstown, 1§© W. Alha- 
>iv. Pop. 2,T.94-. 



ijiKkrldll, t. Chittenden co. Vt.iby the United Foreign rflisqioa 
15 NE. Burlington. Pop. 633. I Society. The school in 1825, cofi.- 
Umon, p-t. Lincoln co. Me. 29 tained about 20 children. 



IVE. Wiseasset. Pop. 1,391 

Union, p-t. Tolland co. Ct. 33 
in. NE. Hartford. Pop. 757. 

Union, p-t. Broome co. NY. on 
the Susquehannah, 6 m. W. Bing 
hamton. 140 W. Catskill. Pop. 
2,037 

Union, r.-t. Essex co. NJ. Pop. 
1,567. 

Union, CO. Pa. Pop. 18,619. 
Chief t. Mifflinburg. 

Union, p-t. Fayette co. Pa. on 
Redstone creek. Pop. 3,005. 14 
in. S. by E. Brownville. 

Union, 6 other towns, Pa. viz. 
t. Erie co. Pop. 200. Hunting- 
don, 1,078. Luzerne, 686. Mit- 
fiin, 1391. Schuylidll, 367. Un- 
ion, 1,369. 

Union, p-t. cap. Monroe co. Va. 
Union, ay. SC. Pop. 14,126. 
Slaves 4,278. 

Union CO. Ky. Pop. 3,470. 
.Slaves 1,035. Chf. t. Morgan- 
lield. 

Union, co. Oliio. Pop. 1,996. 
Chief t. Marysville. 

Union, 20 towns, Ohio, viz. t. 
Belmont, co. Pop. 1,651. Butler, 
Champaign, 708. Clermont, 1165. 
Clinton, 1,656. Fayotte, 1,UG9. 
Highlaiid, 730. Knox, 955, Law- 
rence, 519. Licking, 829. Lo- 
gan, 616. Madison, 720. Miami, 
1,064. MontffOinerv. Musking- 
um, 990. Ros.^ 2',778.. Scioto, 
a22. Union, 1,356. Warren, 1,332. 
Waphington, 595. 

Union, CO. 111. Pop. in 1825, 
2,570. Chief t. Jonesborough. 

Union, t. Lawrence co. Arkan- 
sas, on the W. bank of Grand ) i- 
ver, 25 m. from the Arkansas, 25 
from the principal Osage viUag*; 
Li 1820, amission waser,tahlif?hed 



Union canal. S. Pennsylvani.it. 

Union college. S. Schenectady. 

Union village. See Greenwich. 

Unity, p-t. Kennebeck co. Me, 
30 m. N. Augusta. Pop. 978. 

Unity, p-t. Cheshire co. NFL 
43 NW. Concord. Pop. 1,277. 

Unity, t. Westmoreland co. Pa. 
Pop. 2,436. 

Unity, t. Columbiraia co. Ohio. 
Pop. 1,195. 

Upper, t. Lawrence co. Ohio. 
Pop. 414. 

Upton, p-t. Worcester co. Ma. 
14 m. SE. Woicester, 38 SW. 
Boston. Pop. 1,088. 

Urhanna, p-t. Steuben co. Nl. 
at the S. end of Crooked lake, 7 
m. NNE. Bath. 

Urbanna, p-t. Middlesex co. 
Va. on the S. side of the Rappa- 
hannock, 60 m. ENE. Richmond. 

Urba?ina, p-t. and cap. Cham- 
paign CO. Ohio, 43 m. W. C^^kuu- 
bus, 38 NE. Dayton. Here are a 
court-house, jail, market, baiik. 
printing-offico, and Methodist 
church. Pop. 1772. 

Utica, p-t. Oneida CO. NY. stand-; 
on both sides t)f the Erie canal, 
extending along the S. bank ofthc 
Mohawk river. It is handson)!'Iy 
laid out, and contains 7 churclies, 
2 for Presbyterians, 2 for Baptists, 
and 1 each for E.oiacopalians, Me- 
thodists, and R.Catiiohcs ; an acad- 
emy, 2 banks ; and 5 printing-o.^Ii- 
ccSjfrom which are issued^ month- 
ly magazines, and 5 weekly news- 
papers. The Supreme court holds 
its October term in this town. 
Utica is the central point where 
the princijtal turnpikes from vari- 
ous parts of the State unite, and 
it forms the kev of trade aiid trav-, 



Jl§re for the benefijl: of the ln(fictns,\ei bet\veen a large section of the 



lie-. 



y L :> «238 v 1. i. 

VJiestlirR c'dnnfry and ttio Atlantic^ the Oliio, fi m. N. Louisvi 
ports. 1 5 m. SE. Rome, 96 WIN W.l Utrecht, JS'^ewYork. See . 
.Albany. Lon. 75° 13' W. Lat.\trecht. 
43:'^ 6' N. Pop. in 1820, 2,972; in Uxhrid^e, p-t. Worcester co 
1023, 4,017 ; in 1825, 5,040. Ms. 19 m. $. Worcester, 40 SW, 

t/ficn, t. JeffcrsoH co. Kv. on 'Boston. Pop. 1,551. 



J'acassas, or Coif irr?/, Florida,! 
in tine IN'E. corner of the fjulf of 
Mrxico. Lat 29° 20' N. 

J^allei/ Fonq-r,. p-v. Chester co. 
Pa. on the Schu\^kill, 15 m. NW. 
Philadelphia. 

Valley icnms, p-v. Cherokee na- 
tion, Tennessee, on the Hiwassee. 
Here is a Baptist Missionary sta- 
tion, with a school of about 50 In- 
dian youtlis. 

J^andftlia, p-t. cap. Fayette co. 
III. and seat of (jovemtnent of the 
State, is on the W. bank of Kas- 
"kaskia river. The site is elev.ated 
and entirely above the inunda- 
tions of the river. The streets 
cross each other at right angles, 
leavincf an open square ia the cen- 
tre. Vandalia contained ia 1822, 
u state-honse, prison, bar.k. and 
printinop-offipe,abont 1 50 dwelFing- 
liouses, and 700 inhabitants. 70 m. 
NE. St. Louis, 808 from Washing- 
ton city. Lat. 30» 55' iV. 

r'andn-lvrrr^ Co. In. Pop. 1798. 

T'a7igevilk,t. Ky. at the month 
of Saltlick creek "on the Ohio, 36 
ID. above Maysville. Here are 
■salt works. 

F'amreri, co. O. formed 1820. 

Tltsmlborovgh, p-t. Kennebeck 
ro. Me. on Kennebeck river, 8 m. 
JV. Augusta. Fop. 2,434. 

T'aus-hre, t. Pulaski co. Arkan- 
sas. Pop. 122. 

FJ-rtf/«aso, en. Pn. Pon. 4,917. 
Cliif^ft. i^rankiin. 



T^e)inns;o, t. Crav/lbrd co. Pa- 
Pop. fi30";— Erie co. 280.— Butler 
CO. 3.'3. 

T^enice, p-t. Cayngn co. NV. 20 
m. S. Auburn. Pop. in 1825, 
2,530. 

Verdigris, r. joins N. side of the 
Arkansa.', near Grand rivrr. 

Vergcnv^s, citv, Addison cO. 
Vt. at tlie lower falls of Otter 
creek, whichdowsinto lakeCham- 
plam, 8 miles below, and is nav- 
igable to this place, tor the largest 
vessels. The creek which is 500 
feet wide, is here divided by an 
island, and falls in two channels 
perpendicularly S7 feet, affording 
fine mill seats. The Boston iron- 
works, at this place, w'ere former- 
ly very productive. They have 
not been in operation since ISlC. 
Here are a manuf;^ctoryof mai-ble 
whicij drives a!>out 100 saws : a 
blast Airn.ace, 2 woollen factories, 
several .caw-mills. &c. The city 
comprises an area of 480 rods by 
400 in extent, lying principally on 
the rigiit bank of the creek. It 
contains a building originally de- 
signed for the state-house, and 
".ow occupied as a place for public 
worship: a hank ; and a printing- 
office, from which a weekly news- 
paper is issued. 5 m. from Panton 
ferry on the lake, 11 NNW. Mid- 
-;h>burv, 21 S. Burlington. Pop, 
815. 
i T^riijllfinn, p-t. Huron <^n. ^ 



V E R 

J?op. '266.— t. Richland, 639. 

Vermillion^ co. Indiana. 

Vermillion, r. 111. falls into the 
Wabash near lat. 40° N. 

Vermillion, r. 111. falls into the 
Illinois, below the rapids. 

Vermilliov, r. runs into Arkan 
sas river. 

Vermont,one of the U. S. bound- 
ed N. by Lower Canada ; E. by 
New Hampshire ; S. by Massachu- 
setts ; and W. by New York; 
from which it is separated in part 
by lake Champlain. It lies be- 
tween 42° 44' and 45° N. lat. and 



2^9 V I C 

Vernon, p-t. Trumbull do. Q. 
20 m. NE. Warren. Pop. 514.^ 
Clinton, 1,383.— Knox, 403.— SdA 
oto, 317. 

Vernon, p-t. and cap. Jennings 
CO. In. on White river, 40 m. N. 
Charlestown, 46 SW. Biookville. 

Verona, p-t. Oneida co. NY. oil 
I Oneida lake and the Erie canal-, 
11 m. W. Rome, 20 NW. UtiCa. 
Pop. 2,441. 

Versailles, p-t. and cap. Wood- 
ford co.Ky. on a creek running in- 
ta Kentucky river, 13 m. from 
Frankfort, "l3 SW. Lexington. 



between 71° 38' and 73° 26' W.'Here are an academy, and some 



Ion. It is 157 miles long from N. 
to S. 90 broad on the northern 
boundary, 40 on the southern, 
and contains 10,212 square miles. 
Pop. in 1790, 8.5,589; in 1800, 
154,465; in 1810, 217,895; andj 
in 1820, 235 
i23,976. Tl] . 

tions are wheat, barley, rye, In 
dian corn, and oats. The princi- 
pal exports are lumber, pot and 
pearl ashes, beef, pork, butter, 
cheese, &c. Montpelier is the 
capital. 

Vernon, p-t. Windham co. Vt. 
on Connecticut river. 35 E. Ben- 
nington. Pop. 627. 

Vernon, o-t. Tolland co- Ct. 12 
m. NE. Hartford. Pop. 966. 



mills and manufactories 

Versailles, p-t. cap. Ripley cc 
In. 

Vershire, t. Orange co. Vt. 55^ 
m. Windsor. Pop. 1313. 

Vestal, t. Broome co. NY. ou 
79. Militia in 1823,jthe Susquehannah, 8 m. SW. 
principal produc-Binghamton. 

Veteran, p-t. Tioga co. NY. V2. 
m. N. Elmira. 

Vevay, p-t. and cap. Switzer- 
land CO. Ind. is pleasantly sitna,- 
ted on the second bank of Ohi.o 
river, 25 feet above high water 
mark, and is nearly equidistant 
from Cincinnati, Lexington, and 
Louisville, 45 miles from each. 
The inhabitants are emigrants 
from the Pays de Vaud, in Swit- 



Vernon, p-t. Oneida co. NY. 17|zerland. In 1817, it contained 84 
m. W. Utica. Pop. 2,707. Th- dwelling-houses, a court-house, 
village stands on Sconondoa creek Jail, market-house, church, print- 
and contains 2 churches, a glif!c<[iag-office, a library of 300 vol- 
factory, and several mil's. In thisnimes, and a literary society, 
town is the principal settlement! Here the culture of the vine has 
of tlie Oneida Indians. See Oftei-'been successfully introduced. 
das. Victor, p-t. Ontario co. NY. with 

a village containing 2 churches, 1 
for Methodists and 1 for Presbyte- 
rians. 10 m. NW. CanandaigUa., 



Vernon, p-t. Sussex co. NJ. 21 
}u. NE. Newton. Pop, 2,096. 

Vernon, t. and cap. Montgom- 
ery CO. Ga. 

Vernon, p-t. cap. IJi^^kman ,co. 



Pop. 2,084. 

Victory, t. Essex co. Vt. 
Victory, p-t. Caytiga C*. NY. 2f4 



V I N' 



m- 



ni^ IV,. Auhiirn, 10 N. Erie canal, j few years 



V O 1. 

American 



cmiffrauti 



Pop. 103 

Fi'enna, p-t. Kennebeckco. Me.jbers and the society 

J^m. NW. Augusta. Pop. 665, imnrnvinrr Tn1«1Rtfi< 

Vienna, p-t. Oneida co. NY. on 
Oneida lake. 12 W.Rome. 1,307 

Viemia, v. Ontario co. MY. at 
the confluence of Flint creek with 
the Canandaigua outlet. Here 
are extensive beds of gypsum and 
several mills. The village con- 
tains 2 churches, 1 for Methodists, 
and 1 for Presbyterians. 12 m. E 
Canandaigua. 

T^ienaa, p-t. and port of entry, 
Dorchester co. Md. on the W 
sideof the Nanticoke, 15 m. from 
its mouth. Shipping in 1816, 
l&,.3€0ion3. 

Vienna, t. Green co. Ky. on 
G?een river, 158 m. WSW. Lex- 
ington. 

Vienna, p-t. Trumbull co. Ohio, 
&m- E. Wsrren. Pop. 527. 

Vienna, p-t. cap. Johnson co. 
TD. on the waters of Cash river. 
no m. S. VandaUa. 

Vigo, CO. Ind. Pep. S,390. 
Cliief t. Terre Haute. 

Vtlkn<Tva, t. Chatauque co. NY. 
25 m. NE. Mayville. 

Villmont, p-t. cap. Chicot co. 
Ark. 

Vinalhaven, p-t. Hancock co. 
rje. on the Fox islands in Penob- 
s6x)t bay, 13 S. Castine. Pop. 
1,303. 

Vittcennes, p-t. and cap. Knox 
<ib. Ind. and the largest town inlin 1820, ,^4,557,957, of which all 
the State, is on the K bank of the except $8,829 was domestic pro- 
Wabash, 100 m. from its junction Iduce. Value of manufactures in 
with the Ohio in a direct line, but j 1810, ^15,263,473. Shipping in 
nearly 200 by the course of the 1816, 70,361 tons. Richmond ia 
ylver, 106 WNW. Louisville, 150 tke capital. 

NE. Kaskaskia, 140 E. St. Louis, Volney,^-t. Oswego co. NY. on 
194 AVSW, Cincinnati, 94 N.|Onondaga river, 15 SE. Oswego, 
^hawneetown. It was settledi Pop. 1,691. 

t^bout a centurv ago by the French] Voluntovm^ t. WhttJhTira <rt>, O"; 
fi^dni L^^rr ^aira^a-. Withfn aJPcfTT. 1,1 T6', ^ 



have flocked hither in great nuni- 
' is rapidly 
miprovmg. In 1818 the town con- 
tained 250 dwelling-houses and 
stores, a handsome brick court- 
house, a land-office, n bank, with 
a capital of .$1,500,000, a library of 
1000 volumes, a Roman Catholic 
chapel, 2 market-houses, 2 print- 
ing-offices, and a large brick build- 
ing intended for the use of the 
State College. The college, how- 
ever, is to be located at Blooming- 
ton. 

Vincent, t. Chester co. Pa. on. 
the Schuylkill. Pop. 1,918. 

Vineyard, t. Grand isle co. Vt. 
13 m. W. St. Albans. Pop. 312. 

Vineyard, t. Chester co. Pa. on 
the Schuylkill. Pop. 1,918. . 

Violet, t. Fairfield co. O. 12 m. 
NW. Lancaster. Pop. 1,123. 

Virgil, p-t. Cortlandt co. NY. 
10 m.S. Homer Pop. 2,411. 

Virginia, one of the US. bound- 
ed N. by Pennsylvania ; NE. by 
Maryland ; E. by the Atlantic ; 
S. by North Carolina and Tennes- 
W. by Kentucky and Ohio. 
It lies between 36'=' 30' and 40° 
43' N. lat. and between 75° 25' and 
830 40' W. Ion. It is 370 mileg 
long, and contains about 64,000 
q. miles. Pop. 1,065,366. Slaves 
425,153. Militia in 1821,68,915. 
The staple productions are tobac- 
co and wheat. Value of exporta 



%y A c 



2J91 



\yA & 



W 



tP'ahash, pvonouuCed Woihash, 
t. Ind. rises in the NE. part of the 
state, and flowing in a SW. direc 



the hottest spring ISii^ Fahrtdn- 
heit. The waters are efficacious 
in the cure of many diseases ; and 



tion, falls into the Ohio, 200 miiesithongh the accommodations are 
from the Mississippi. For the last miserable, the country being k\- 
half of its course it is the bounda-jmost a wilderness, there are frP; 
ry between Indiana and Illinois.jquentlySQOorSOOperscns collect- 
It is more than 500 miles long, and ed here, some from a distance fef 
is navigable for keel boats 400 1,000 miles. 

miles, to Ouitanon, where there JFac/io7;ta, in NC. a tract of land 
are rapids. Above the rapids of 100,000 acres, extending frbm 
small boats can ascend nearly to the Yadkin to Haw and Deep 
its source. The portage from this rivers, and occupied by Moi'avi- 
river to the Maumee at Fortjane. Chief places, Salem, Betlia- 
Wayne is 8 miles. It is proposed bara, and Bethany, 
to connect the two rivers by a ca- Wachuset, mt. in Princeton, 
»al. Mass. upwards of 2,000 feet above 

Wabash, co. Ind. Pop. 147. the sea. 



Wabash, co. Illinois. 

Wabash, Little, r. 111. joins the 
Wabash, near its mouth. 

Wachita, parish. La. Pop. 
i,896. Slaves 8J6. 

Wachita, Washita, or Ouachit- 
fi, r. Arkansas, 
among the Ozark 
lat. 34° 15' N. and Ion. 93° 30' W. and by a dam, on which are a nuni 



and discharges itself into Red ri- 
ver, in La. From its mouth to the 
confluence of the Catahoula, about 
30 miles, it is called Black river. 
The Hot springs are situated in 
lat. 34° 31' N. Ion. 92° 50' 45" W. 
iiear the foot of the Ozark moun- 
tains, and 6 m. N. of the Wachita. 
They are about 70 in number and 
rise at the bottom and along one 
side of a deep ravine, through 
which a small creek flows, receiv- 
rngthe water of the springs and 



IVaconda, t. Ralls co. Mo. 6u 
the Mississippi, 190 m. by the 
river, N. St. Louis. 

IVaddington, formerly Haniih 

ton, p-v. St. Lawrence cO. NY. 

on the St. Lawrence, opposite Ofr- 

which rises Iden's Island, a little above the lonj*^ 

mountams, injfalls. It is connected with the isl- 

ber of mills. 18 m. below Og- 
densburgh. 

Wadesborough, p-t. and t^y. 
Anson co. NC. 76 m. W. Fayettc- 
ville. 50 E. Salisbury. 

Wadesborough^ p-t. cap. Calla- 
way CO. Ky. 

JVadmelaw. See Johrt's Island. 

Wadsworth, p-t. Medina co. O. 
Pop. 361. 

WaiVs, r. Vt. falls into the Con. 
necticut at Bradford. 

IVaitsJield, p-t. Washington Co. 



discharging itself several miles Vt. 11 m. SW. Montpelier, Pop. 
below into the Wachita. Thfe 935. 

eprings tire of differeot tenapera- Wake^ co. NC. Pdp. ;20,102. 
tnres : the average is 126°^ that bf'Sla-ves 7,41 7. CJliief t. Ralcig'h. 



W A U 



4il^ 



VV Aii 



/fAA(^fW,p-t. Strafford CO. NH. I Delaware river, 50 m. NW. j^qv^- 



^5 N. Portsmouth. Pop. 1,518 
Wakkamaio, r. whicli falls into 



irunswick. Pop. 822. 
Walpohy p-t. Cheshire co. NH, 



Wiiiyaw bay at Georgetown, SCIon Connecticut river, at Bellow.'? 
WftA-t/Z/a, r. Florida, rises from a] Falls, 11 m. S. Charlestown, 12 
e spring 70 yards in diameter, !XW. Keene, 60 fr. Concord, 90 



.tnd after 9 m. joins the St. Mark 

Walden p-t. Caledonia co. Vt. 
22 iVE. Montpelier. Pop. 580. 

JValdoboroitghy p-t. and port of 
e;.try, Lincoln co. Me. 22 m. xNE. 
Wiscasset, 180 NE. Boston. Pop. 
2,244. Shipping, 1816, 19,882 tons. 

Wales, p-t. Lincoln co. J\le. 2fc" 
m. IVW. Wiscasset. Pop. 515. 

Wales, p-t. Erie co. NY. 22 



fr. Boston. Pop. 2,020. Here aro 
a printiug-ofSce and academy. 

Walpolc, p-t. Norfolk co. Ms. 2Q 
m. SW. Boston. Pop. 1,366. 

Waltham, t. Addison co. Vt. on 
Otter creek, 9 m. NW. Middlebu- 
ry, 24 S. Burlington. Pop. 264. 

Waltham, p-t. Middlesex co. 
.Vis. on Charles river, 11 m.WN W. 
Boston. Pop. 1,677. The Wal- 



§E. Buffalo. Pop. in 1825, 1,183. tham cotton manufactory is the 
Walker, p-t. Centre co. Pa.jmost extensive , in the United 



Pop. 694 

Waiiaboght, See Brooklyn. 

Wallingford, p-t. Rutland co. 
Vt. on Otter creek, with a flour- 
ishing village, a Congregational 
church, and several mills and fac- 
tories. 10 m. S. Rutland. 

Wallingford, p-t. New Haven 



States. About 500 workmen are 
employed, who manufacture 
weekly 35,000 yards of cloth. 

Walton, p-t. Delaware co. NY. 
15 m. SW. Delhi. Pop. 1,432. 

Walton, CO. Ga. Pop 4,1^2. 
Slaves 631. Chief t. Monroe. 

Wantasre, t. Sussex co. NJ. 1."' 



New Haven, m. N. Newtown. Pop. 3,307. 

Pop.' 2,237. Wa])}nngcrs''Creck,NY. joins the 
It contains an academy, and SiHudson 8 mbelow Poughkeepsie. 
churches. Ward, t. Worcester co. Ms. 7 



CO. Ct. 13 m. NE. 
23 SW. Hartford. 



WallkiU, r. NY. joins the Hud-iS. Worcester. Pop. 603 



8on near Kingston 



I Wardsboro, 



p-t. Windham co. 
WallkiU, p-t. Orange co. NV.jVt. 15 m. NW. Brattleboro'. Pop. 
The village stands on both sides 1,016. 
of the Walikill. Here is a large] 
woollen-factorv. 4m. N.Goshen. I 
15 W. Newburgh. Pop. 4,S87. ■ 



Wardsbridge. See JIonlgom''i/. 
Ware, r. Ms. receives the Qua- 
yoag, at Brookrield, and takes the 



IVabnit, t. Fairfield co. O.jname of Chicapee. 



Pop. 1.198.'-Pickaway, 1,433. 
Gallia, 281. 



Ware, p-t. Hampshire co. Ms. 
ion the above river, which here has 



Wnlnui, Big, X. O. runs into;falls of 40 feet. At the lalls a 
the Scioto,10 m. below Columbus.! valuable manufacturing establish- 

Walmit Hills, V. and fort, War-lment has been made within a few 
ren co. Mi. on the Mississippi, 12 years. Here are a cotton-factory, 
m. below the Yazoo, 
Natchez. 



134 above >vith 60 looms, producing 10,000 

yards of cloth per week ; a Han- 

WoJoomscoic, a branch of Hoo-;nel factory which makes 100 



sack river, NY. 



{pieces of 46 yards each, per week : 



Walpach,t. Sussex en. NJ. on'a machine shop: a grist-inill. 



\y A B '253 W A K 

Ka\v-mill, &c. A handsome vil- PVarren, p-t. and cap. Warren 



up around the 
Belchertown, 5 



lage has grown 
\yorks. 18 m. E, 
from Brookfield. Pop. 1,154. 

U'areham, p-t. Plymouth co. 
Ms. on the sea coast, 17 m. S 
Plymouth. Pop. 952. 

IVarminster^ p-t. Bucks co. Pa. 
Pop. 695. 

IVarminster, p-t. Nelson co. 
Va. on James river, 90 m. above 
Richmond. 

Warm Spring, or Jdckson''s 
J\iountams, ridge of the Allegha- 
nies in Va. 

TVarm Springs. See Buncomb. 

Tf'arm Springs. See H^achita. 

Warner, p-t. Merrimack co. 

NH. 15 W. Concord. Pop. 

2,246. 

Warren., p-t. Lincoln co. Me. 
t)n St. George's river which is nav- 
igable for sloops to this place. 30 
iu. E. Wiscasset. Pop. 1,826, 
Here is an academy. 

Warren, p-t. Grafton co. NH 
(d3 m. N. Concord. Pop. 544. 

Warren, p-t. Addison co. Vt. 
Pop. 320. 16 m. SW. Montpelicr. 
Warren, p-t. Bristol co. K. Isl- 
and, on the E. side of "Warren riv- 
er, 11m. SE. Providence, 19 fr. 
Newport. Pop. 1,806. The village 
is pleasantly situated, and con- 
tains 2 churches, an academy, and 
a bank. Shipping about 3,000 
tons. 

Warren, p-t. Litchfield co. Ct. 
38 m. from Hartford, 45 ffom New 
Haven. Pop. 875. 

Warren, co. NY. sq m. 827. 
Pop. 9,453. Chief t. Caldwell 

Wdrren, p-t. Herkimer co. N. 
y. 10 S. Herkimer. Pop. 2,013. 
Warren,co. NJ. Chief t. Belvi 
dere. 

Warreny t. Somerset Co. NJ. 
Pop. 1452. 

tl^Hdti, CO Pa. ?dt>. 1,976. 



CO. Pa. on the right bank of the 
Alleghany, at the junction of tho 
Conewango, 70 m. ESE. Erie. 
Here is a good harbour for boat*. 
Pop. 182. 

Warren, p-t, Bradford co. ?a 
Pop. 389— t. Franklin co. 527. 

Warren, co. NC. Pop. 11,155. 
Slaves 6,754. Chief t. Warrren- 
ton. 

Warren, CO. Ga. Pop. 10,63&. 
Slaves 4,041. Chief t. Warren- 
ton. 

Warren, co. Mi. Pop. 2,633. 
Slaves 1,287. Chief t. Warronton. 
Warren, co. Te. Pop. 10,353. 
Slaves 950. Chief t. M'Minville. 
Warren, co. Kv. Pop. 11,776. 
Slaves 2,554. Chief t. Bowling 
Green. 

Warren, CO. O. Pop. 17,837. 
Chief t. Lebanon. 

Warren, p-t. and cap. Trum- 
bull CO. Ohio, on the Mahoning, 
45 m. SE. Painesville, on lake 
Erie, 77 NW. Pittsburg. It has a 
court-house, jail, printing-office, 
bank, and 2 churches, 1 for Pres- 
byterians and 1 for Baptists. 
Pop. 775. 

Warren, 4 other towns, O. vit. 
p-t. Jefferson co. on the Qhio, 6 
m. below Steubenville. Pop. 
2,432.— t. Belmont, 1,491.— Tus- 
carawas, 1,032. — Washington co. 
on Ohio river, 3 m. below Mariet- 
ta. Pop. 460. 

Warren, co. Illinois. 
Warrenburg, t. Warren co. N. 
Y. on the Hudson, 7 NW. Cald- 
well. Pop. 956. 

Warrcnsville, t. Cuyahoga CO. 
O. Pop. 133. 

Wdrrenton, p-t. and cap. Fau- 
quier CO. Va. 30 m. NNW. Frede- 
ricksburg, it is handgdmely 
built, and contains a court -huiisc, 
iail, endZcHurc'Re*' 
2C '^ 



Woii^fOiiajL, p-t. and cap. War-; 
reu CO. >'C. 16 m 



W A R 2S^ ' W A ^ 

JTrtrwiii, p-t. Cecil co. Iffu- .** 
>'C. 16 m. E. Hillsbo-im. !S"E. Georgetown. 
rough, 5li NN'E. Raleigh, 8S S.; Ji'ancick, co. Va. Pop. 1^)3. 
Petersburg, Va. It stands in an, Slaves 954. 

clevateil, healthy situation, and; rttt»-^ffifA-,t. Chesterfield co.Tu. 
contsansfi court-house, jail, Meth-| on the S. side ot' Jauues riverj o 
odist church, and 2 academies. " ' '"' ' 

Jfari'tnion^ vvt. and cap. War 
rey CO 

lie. Pop. in 1810, 123. 
.- •-. academy. 

JJ'artrnion,Y*-t- and cap. War- 



m. below Richmond. 
arrenion^ p-t. .and cap. War- it'arwick, t. Tuscarawas co. 0. 
o. Ga. 55 ni. NNE. Milledse- Pop. 4S5. 

U aricick, co. Ind. Pop. 1,749. 
Chief t. Boonsboro'. 

Ti'c.shijig;ioa, co. Me. Pop. 



Here is: 



Tea CO. Mi. on Mississippi river, 12,774. Chief t. Aiachl 



IS ni. below Walnut Hills 



H'ashijisrtou t. Hancock co. 



Ji'arriagioity t. BucJcsco. Pa. Me. 20 m. NW. Castine 
Pop. 515. — York. co. 1,274. ^rfisAi.'i»/oji, p-t. Chc^ire co 

JT'arrior^s ^ark\ t. Hunting- NH. 32 m. W '^ • - 



doa CO. Pa. Pop. S09 

fi'oisaic, t. Somerset co. Me. 
Pop. 315. 

iVarsaiCy p-t. Genesee co. NY. 
20 S. Batavia. Pop. 1,658. 



Concord. Pop. 
Pop. 



T1 'arsttti\ isl. Ga. 16 miles in cir- 1,160. 



992. 

fJ'ashitis^ion, co. Tt. 
14,113. Chief t.Montpelier. 

U'ashing-to^t, p-t. Orange co 
Vt. 43 m. N. Windsor. Pep 



cumference. Lon. Sl= S W. Lai. 
32= 52 N. 

n\irsaic^ t. Harrison co. In. on; 
the Ohio. 14 m. fr. Corvdon. : 



Washington, t. Berkshire co. 
Ms. 3 m. E. Lenox. Pop. 750. 

ffasJiing^toit, co. KI. Pop. 
15,687. Chief t. South Kinss- 



ffiuteick, p-t. Frariklin co. ton. 
Ms. 12 m. E. Greenfieid. Pop.; 7r'asAui.o-/Q«, p-t. Litchfield co. 
1,256. Ct.40in.SVV.Hartford.Pop.l,4S7. 

tfaririck, p-t. and cap. Kent Here are 2 mills for sawing mar- 
CO. FL I. on the NW. arm of Nar- ble, 2 forges, 1 sliiting-raill, 1 nail- 
raganset bay, with a gt»od har- factory, 2 trip-hammejs, 4 grain- 
bour for vessels of from 20 to 50 mills, 2 fnliing-raills, 2 carding- 
tors. Pop. 3,643. It is exten- machines, and 5 sjtw-mills. 



sively engaged in mauulaotures 

having, besides sra,ii!er maniilac 

tnres, no less than lo 

torus, cont.aining togetlier 18,00<) 

sj>indles. It has^also some ship-'XY. L> m. 

pmg employed in the coastingS. Alba 

trade. Here are 2 uicorporated 

baiiks. 



ti'arwick,iht. Orange co. XY.bajiy. 



Jl'ashtHg-toiU CO. NY. sq. m, 
785. Pop. 3S,!J31. Chief towns, 
otton fac- Salem and Sandyhill. 

jrashiii-gtotu, p-t. Dutchess co. 

NE. Poughkeepsie, SlJ 

. Pop. Xsb-i. 

ffushington, \. in Watervliet, 

NY. on the Hudson, 5 m. N. Al- 



io m. S. Goshefl, 
York. Pop. 4,506. 
sive iron works 
if 

.aster co 



IT'aru-ick; t. Bucks co. Pa. Poj. 
1,115. — Laiicaster co. 2,777. 



54 N. New H'as^iinsrion, p-t. Morris co. IS. 
It has exten-i J. Pop. 1,S76. — :. Burlington co. 

1,225. 

WajhtH^ton, CO. Pa. Pt>p. 

40ii3«. Chief t. Washajyto^. 



AN A S 2i 

llf'ashiitgton, p-t. aHd cap. 

"NVashington co. Pa. near the head 

branches of Chartier's creek, 



m. S\V. Pittsbii 



SS\ 



SZ EXE. 



Wheeling, 25 N\V. Brownsville. 
It is a flourishing town, surround- 
ed bv a fertile and well cultivated 
oounti-v, and contained in 1818, 
an elegant court-house, a college, 



':- W A S 

right angles. Besides thcsi) 
streets, wlli-^h are from 80 to 110 
feet wide, there are avenues from 
130 to IGO feet broad which di- 
verge from centres in various 
parts of the city, crossing the 
other streets transversely. The 
avenues are named after the dii- 
ferent States in the Union, the 



banks, 2 printing-of^.ces, a largejstreets which run east and west 
steam flour-mill, besides, otherjat^er the letters of the alphabet, 
manufacturing establishments, 'and those which run nortli and 
400 dwelling-houses, and 1,687 south are numbered 1,2, ;>, it.c. 
inhabitants. Washington college At the points from which theave- 
had in 181 7, a president, 2 profes- nues diverge are spacious squares, 
sors, a library and philosophical Tlie gnmnd embraced in the plaa 
apparatus, and 60 or 70 students of the city is very extensive, but 
connected with it, either as un- only a small portion of it is yet oc^ 
dergraduates, or as pursuing pre- cupied with buildings, 
paratory studies. The principal The principal public buildings 
college edifice is of stone, with and establishments are — 1. The 
two brick wings. , Capitol, which is finely situated 

ll'cishingtou, 9 other towns, on an eminence, commanding a 
Pa. viz. p-t. Columbia ci». — ^t. Fay- view of the city, and adjacent 
ctte, p. 2.749. — Franklin, 4997. country. According to the ori- 
— Indiana, 1037. — p-t. Lancaster, ginal plans, it is to be composed 
— t. Lycoming, 1743. — Union, of a central edifice and two wings. 
1427. — Westmoreland, 1478. — ,The two wings are already built, 
York, 1001. . iaaid the central buildhig is begun. 

IVtishingfon, co. Md. Pop. The wings are each 100 feet 
2.>,075. Slaves 3,201. Chief t.jsquare, and the whole building 



EUzabethtown. 

ff^ashington. City, District of 
Columbia, the metropolis of the 
U. States, is pleasantly situated 
on the IS'E. bank of the river Po- 
tomac, at the point of land form- 
ed by the junction of the Eastern 
branch, 300 miles from the mouth 
of the river, and 3 below the 
head of the tide. It is separated 
from Georgetown on the N\V. 
by Rock creek, and Tyler creek 
passes through the middle of the 
citv. A bridge is erected over 
the Potomac a mile in length. 
Washington is regularly laid out 
in streets running due north and 
f*t)uth, intersected by others at 



when completed will be a most 
magaifieent edifice, presenting a 
front of 'S&Z feet. 2.. The Presi- 
dent's house, situated about a mile 
and a half west of ihe capitol, on 
the avenue leading to George- 
town. It is 170 teet by 85 and 
two stories liigh. 3. Four spa- 
cious brick buildings erected in 
the vicinity of the President's 
house, for the accommodation of 
the heads of the great depart- 
ments of government. 4. A 
comfortable marine bari-ack with 
a house for the residence of the 
commandant of the marine corps. 
5. An e.\tensive navy-yard, situ- 
ated on the Eastern Br»nc?i> 



W A« 



eas 



\VA 



i\ilJuiU forms a eafe and commodi- 
i)us harbour. Here is an elegant 
^Uarble monument, erected by the 
American officers to the memory 
of their brethren, who fell before 
Tripoli. 6. A small fort, which, 
from the extreme southern point 
of the land on which the city 
stands, commands the channel of 
the Potomac. And, 7. The gen 
eral post-office, a brick edifice 
about a mile WNW. of the Capi 
tol, wliere the patent office is al 
St) kept. The style of the archi 



The Columbian college was es'"? 
tablished in 1822. Its officer;,' 
are a president,6 professors, inclu- 
ding 2 medical professors ; and 
4 tutors. It has a library of be- 
tween 3,000 and 4,000 volumes, 

philosophical apparatus, and 
cabinet of minerals. College 
hill, the site of the buildings, is 
three miles from the Capitol. 
The buildings, at present consist 
of a hall for the accommodation 
of 100 students, a philosophical 
hall, and houses for the president 



teciure of the Capitol is Corin- Sand other officers of the college, 
thian, and that of the President's iThe number of students in 1824 
house Ionic ; and both buildings I was 87. A medical department 
are constructed of free-stone, [and theological department are 
The capitol square is enclosed by connected with the college, and 
a strong and handsome iron rail- jit is intended soon to establish a 
ing ; and being planted with 
trees, and otherwise ornamentedj 
will affi)rd a delightful walk for 
the inhabitants and visiters of the 
cjty. SimUar improvements are 



department of law. 

Pop. 13,322, of whom 2,045 are 

slaves. The number of houses 

in 1822, was 2,229, of which 

about one half were of brick. 

goingon at the President's square, jLat. 38° 58' N. Lon. of the capitol, 

from Greenwich. 
CO. Va. Pop. 



which will add greatly to its beau- 
ty and accommodations. 

Washington also contains a 
city hall, a theatro, penitentiary, 
tUrcus, 2 masonic halls, 4 banks. 
Including a branch of the U. 
States bank, a female orphan asy 
Jum, Lancasterian School, 9 print- 
ing-offices, an extensive cannon 
foundery, a paper-mill, window- 
glass manufactory, and 13 church- 
es, 3 for Presbyterians, 2 for Epis- 
CBpalians, 2 for Baptists, 2 for 
Catholics, 1 for Friends, and 1 
for Unitarians. Among the lite- 
rary institutions are a medical 
society, a botanical society, the 
Columbiati Institute, which con- 
fsists of 5 classes, viz. mathemat- 
ical sciences, physical sciences, 
moral and political sciences, gen- 
eral literature, and the fine arts ; 
and the Columbian college. 



76° 55' 50' W 

Washington, 
12,444. Slaves 1,908. Chief 't. 
Abingdon. 

Washington, co. NC. Pop. 
3,986. Slaves 1,667. Chief t. 
Plymouth. 

Washington, p-t. and cap. 
Beaufort co. NC. on the E. bank 
of Tar river, 40 m. from its 
mouth. Vessels drawing 9 feet 
water ascend to this place. 

Washington, co.Ga.I'op. 10,627. 
Slaves 3,898. Chief t. Sanders- 
ville. 

Washington, p-t, and cap. 
Wilkes CO. Ga. 50 m. WNW. Au- 
gusta. Pop. 695. It is regularly 
laid out, and contains a court- 
house, jail, bank, academy, and 
printing-office. 

Washington, co, Al. Chjrf t> 
St. Stephdrr^. 



•W A S 



^7 



W A T 



it aahiug-loti^ p-t. cap. Autau- 
ga CO. Al. 

JVashington,p-t. Adams co. Mi. 
on St. Catherine's creek, 6 m. E. 
Watcliez, in a healthy and pleas- 
ant situation, and surrounded by 
wealthy and well peopled settle 
meuts. Jefferson college in this 
town was incorporated in 1802 
the edifice is 1 70 feet by 40. Pop 
in 1818, 1,000. 

Wushingtoii^ co. La. Pop. 251 7. 
Slaves 559. 



Washington^ co. Te. Pop 
9,557. Slaves 979. Chief t, 
Jonesborongh. 

Washington, p-t. and cap. 
Rhea co. Te. on the W. side of 
i Tennessee r. 75 SW. Knoxville 
I Washington, co. Ky. Pop 
I 15,597. Slaves 3,734. Chieftown 
] Springfield 
1 Washington, p-t. and cap. Ma- 
' S9n CO. Ky. 3 m. SW. Maysville 
' It is regularly laid out, and con 
i tains a brick jail, 2 churches, an 
I academy, and printing-oflice. 

Washington, co. O' Pop. 10,425 
I Chief t. Marietta. 
i Washington, IG towns, Ohio, 
viz. t. Clermont co. Pop. 1942 
' Columbiana, 700. Coshocton 
1 715. Dark, 456. p-t. Fayette. 
191. t. Franklin, 137. " p-t 
Guernsey, 161. t. Licking, 668 
Miami, 490. Montgomery, 3,1 74. 
I Pickaway, 2,000. Preble, 1,562. 
j Richland, 638. Scjoto, 505 
I "Warren, 929. Wayne, 379. 
' Washington,co. In. Pop. 9,039. 
Chief t. Salem. 

Washington, p-t. and cap. Da- 
vies CO. Ind. at the forks of White 
river, 30 m. fr. Vincennes. 

Washington, co. Ill, Chief t. 
JCovington. 

Washington, co. Mo. Pop. 
,778. Slaves 425. C . t. Potos 



White Mountains. 

Washington Point, 1 m. a,bQve 
Norfolk, Va. Here is a U. S. ma- 
rine hospital of brick. 

Wasiiiennw, co. Michigan. Pop. 
in 1825, 2,000. 

Waterborough, p-t. York co. 
Me. 36 m. N. York. Pop. 1,763. 

Waterbury, p-t. Washington 
CO. V^t. on Onion river, 12 m. NW. 
Montpelier. Pop. 1,269. 

Waterbury, p-t. New Haven cq. 
Ct. 20m.N. from New Haven.Pop. 
2,882. Here is a manufactory of 
gilt buttons. 

Waterce, r. SC. joins the Ca- 
tawba and gives its name to the 
common stream which unites 
with the Congaree to form Sante.e 
river. 

Waterford, p-t. Oxford co. IVIe, 
12 m. SW. Paris. Pop. 1,035. 

Waterford, p-t. Caledonia co. 
Vt. on Connecticut river, .32 m. 
E, Montpelier. Pop 1,247. 

Waterford, t. New London co. 
Ct. on the Thames. 4 fr. N. Lon- 
don, 37 fr. Hartford. Pop. 2,23:9. 

Waterford, p-t. Saratoga co. 
NY. on^'the N. bank of Mohawk 
river, at itb confluence with ll.ie 
Hudson. A bridge across the 
Hudson connects this town witii 
Lansingburgli. Over the ?/Io]iawk 
also there is a bridge, which com- 
mands a view of Cohoos falls. 
TheXJhampiain canal here enters 
the mouth of the Mohawk, to 
which it descends, i;i the distance 
of a mile and a quavter, by six 
locks, 59 feet. A branch from 
the Eric canal on the opposite 
side of the Mohawk, here crosses 
the river on its surface, and unites 
with the Champlain;;canal at the 
head of the locks. The naviga- 
tion of the Hudson is now. im- 
proved, so that sloops ascend* to 



t 
Wa^Jtiyigtorvi, MovtrCt^ NH. Seclthis place throurjhout rlie 

"• ^ -• - 2C2 ^ ■ " ' 



W A T 



:ss 



w .i 1 



<?C(? tyfmsiiigburgh. The village of sued ; and several mills anu i^.ii. 
TV'aterford stands on a low point ufactories. 4 in. above Browu- 
at the confiuence of the HudsonviUe, 12 E. Sacket's harbour, 81 
and Mohawk rivers, is regularly NXW. Utica, 174 NW. Albany, 
laid out, and contains 2 churches, Pop. 2766. 



a female academy, mechanic hall, 
;ind prmting-office. Pop 
POO ;' whole town, 1184. 
N. Albany, -20 SSE. Ballston 
spa. 26 from Saratoga spring 

Waterford, t 
NJ. Pop. -2,447 



fViifervfUe. p-t Kennebeck co. 

about'Me. on the W. side of Kennebeck 

10 ra.' river, opposite Winslow, 20 ra. IS. 

Hallcwell, 15. SE. ?sorridgewock. 

Pop. 1,709. it contains a bank 

Gloucester co. and has considerable trade. 

;There is a flourishin? village on 



IVatt'rforiU p-t. Erie co. Pa. on the Kennebeck, at Teconic falls, 
l,e Boeuf, a navigable branch of which are at the head of boat 
French creek, 16 m SSE. Erie, navigation on the river, ajid afford 
Fop. 57S. — ^t. Susquehaan-.h co. numerous excellent sites for mills 
7$0. ;and manufacturing^ establish- 

Waterfordy p-t. Washington co.ments 
O. on the Muskingum, 16 m. 



above Marietta. Pop. 475. 



The Waterville College, under 
the directioi! of the Baptist de- 



Seneca CO. XT. on Seneca river, 1S18. Its othcers are a president, 
which here has falls. It is a well 2 professors, and 2 tutors. It has 
built and flournhing village, con- a valuable chemical and philo- 
sophical apparatus. In 1820, tho 
State legislature granted the Col- 



taining a spacious brick court- 
house, a jail, and printing-olfice : 



slfo extensive flouring mills, and lege ^1,000, annually for seven 
other mills. There is a navigable vears. Two buildino-s are erect- 
canal round the fails. 7 m. E. Ge- ed, each containing j2 rooms for 
Pop 



neva, 4 W. Seneca 
about 50l>. 



falls. 



students. Tho number of stu- 
dents in 1824 was 57, including 
TVaicrqueecht/. See ^it^c/iy. 17 in the preparatory department, 
JVatertcncn, p-t. Middlesex co. and 6 theological students 



^Is. on Charles river, 7 m. from IVaUrviUe, p-v. 
its mouth, and 7 "VVNAV. Boston. NY. on Delaw^are 
It contains several manufacturing XE. Delha. 
establishments, and a national 
arsenal. Pop. 1,518. 

Watcrloivti, p-t. Litchfield co. 



Delaware co. 
river. 17 m. 



U'attrviUc, p-v. Oneida co. NT. 
14 m. SW. I'tica. 

IVaiervlut, p-t. Albany co. NT. 
Ct. 26 m. from New Haven, 30 on the S. bank of Mohawk river, 
Irom Hartford. Pop. 1,439. ;at its confluence with the Hud- 

Jfrt/tr/airn, p-t. andcap. Jeflx>r- ?on. The Erie and Champlain 
son CO. NY. on Black river which canals both cross the Mohawk, 
here has falls of 24 feet. The and Ibrm a junction m this 
villagt^ stands on the S. bank of town. The Champlain canal 
the river at the Imlls, and contains three quarters of a mile from the 
a eiOiie court-house and jail, 2 i^oint of junction, crosses the ri- 
churches, a printing-office, fromjvcr on the surface, below Cahoos 
whVh a "weekly ncwspsp^T fs is-';ai!5; 3nd the Erie r^iral rrf»?vts 



an;Chicrtown Wooster. 

IVaync, 18 towns, Ohio, viz, 



^V A Y 
4 uiiles above the falls, h\ 
aqueduct 1188 feet long, rcstingj 

\ipon 26 piers. Below the June- It. Adams co. Pop. 771 
T ion, a branch canal leads to the | la, 624. 
Hudson opposite Troy. The 11552. 
whole amount of lockage in thisjniont, 
town is nearly 200 feet. "Water- Dark 



Ashtab"-' 

Belmont, 654. Butler, 

Champaign, 905. Cler- 

459. Columbiana, 724. 

268. Fayette, 925. Jef- 



vlict contains the villages ofjferson, 1696. Knox, 1101. Mont 
Ju«cta,Gibbonsville, and Wash-igomery, 729. Muskingum. Pick- 
ington ; and the Niskayuna set- 1 away, 950. Scioto, 541. Tusca- 
tlement of Shakers, the number ^awas, 715. Warren, 2035. 



of whom is about 200. In this'Wavne, 676. 



town, a mile N. of Albany 



TV 



tyiie. 



Ind. Pop. 12,119. 



the mansion of the Hon. Stephen. Chief t. Centreville. 
Van Rensselaer, whose landed Wayne, co. 111. Pop. in 1825, 
property comprises nearly all the 1839. Chief t. Fairfield, 
territory of Albany and Rensse-| fVayne, co. Mo. Pop. 1,443. 
laer counties, and yields an an-;Chieft. Greenville. 



nual income of about ^100,000. 
6 m. N. Albany. Pop. 2806. 



Watkinsonville, p-t. and cap.i2,152. 



Wfiyne, co. Michigan. Chief t . 
Detroit. Pop. (except Detroit) 



Clark CO. Ga. 10 S. Athens. 
Watson, t. Lewis co. NY 



Woynesborovg-h, bor. and p-t. 
onJFranklin co. Pa. — p-t. and cap. 



Black river at the high falls, op- Green co. 22 m. S. Washington, 



posite Turin 

Waivatsing, p-t. Ulster co. NY 



[51 SSW. Pittsburg. Pop. 298. 
Wayiiesborough, p-t. and cap. 



on the Rondout, a branch of the,Wavne co. NC. on the Neuse, 50 
Wallkill. 25 m. SW. Kingston. 'm. SE. Raleigh. 



Pop. 1,811. 



Waynesborough, p-t. and cap. 



Wayne, p-t. Kennebeck co. Me. I Burke co. Geo. on Briar creek 14 

20 m. W. Augusta. Pop. 1,051. m. fr. Savannah river, 30 S. Au- 

Wayne, co.~ ISY. Sq. m. 508. gusta, 25 NE. Louisville, 100 NW. 



Pop. 20,310. Chief t. Lyons. 

Wayne, p-t 
15 m. NE. Bath. Pop. 3,607 

Wayne, co. Pa. Pop. 4,127 
Chief t. Bethany. 

Wayne, co. NC. 
Slaves 3,162. Chief 
borough. 

Wayne, co. Ga. 
Slaves 333. 

Wayne, co. Mi. 
Slaves 1,065. 

Wai/ne, co. Te. 
Slaves 72. Chief t 
Wayne, co. Ky 



Savannah. It contains a couvt- 
Steuben co^ NY. house and jail, an academy, and 
2 churches. 

Waynesville, p-t. Warren co. 
Ohio, on the Little Miami, 10 m. 
Pop. 9,040. E. Lebanon. Pop. 517.— t. W"ood 
t. Waynes- CO. 517. 

Weare, p-t. Hillsborough co. 
1,010., NH. 14 SW. Concord. Pop. 
2,781. 

Jreaihersfield, p-t. Windsor co. 
Vt. on Connecticut river, 7 m. 
2,459. below Windsor. Pop. 2,301. 

li'eathersjield. See Wethers- 



Pop. 
Pop. 



3,323. 



Pop. 
Wavnesboro' 



Pop. 7,951. i/Wtf. 

f51aves 553. Chief t. Monticcllo.j Tt'eathersfield, p-t. Trumbull 

W(f?frie, CO. Ohio. Pop. n,S?". co. O. 5 SFi. W>rrpr. Pop. r--%S. 



W E S 3CiO 

TFeedsport^ p-v. Cayuga c: 

A' V. on the canal Here is a ba 

sin. 7 N. Auburn. 87 W. Utica 

ffeWjt. Oxford co. Me. 25 m 

N. Paris. Pop. 480. 

Weldon^ or Rocklanding, p-t. 



Halifax co. NC. at the head of 30 W. Boston. Pop. l,32f;. 



the great falls in the Roanoke 
12 m. above Halifax. ' 

Wellington, p-t. Bristol co 
Mass. on the W. side of Taunton 
river, 3 m. S. Taunton, 35 S. Bos 
ton. Pop. 954. 

Wells, p-t. York co. Me. on the 
coast, 13 m. NNE. York, 32 SW 
Portland. Pop. 2,660. 

Wells, t. Rutland co. Vt. 13 m. 
SW. Rutland. Pop. 986. 

JVells, r. See JVexvbury, Vt. 

Wells, t. Hamilton co. NY. 
Pop. 331. 

Wellsborough, p-t. cap. Tioga 
CO. Pa. 45 N. Williamsport. 

Wellsburg p-t. and cap. Brook 
CO, Va. pleasantly situated on the 
Ohio, 6 m. below Steubenville, 17 
above Wheeling-, 39 by land SW. 
Pittsburg, 80 by water. It con- 
tains about 200 houses, a court 
house and jail, an academy with 
about 60 students, a church, print- 
ing-office, pottery, and one of the 
most extensive white-glass man- 
ufactories in the Western States. 

Welshjield, t. Geauga co. Ohio. 
Pop. 108. 

Wendell, t. Cheshire co. NH. 
35 NW. Concord. Pop. 603. 

Wendell, p-t. Franklin co. Ms. 
12 E. Greenfield. Pop. 958. 

Wenham, p-t. Essex co. Ms. 6 
m. NE. Salem. Pop. 572. 

Wentworth, p-t. Grafton co. 
JSH. 52 m. N. Concord. Pop. 807. 

Wentworth, p-t. cap. Rocking- 
ham CO. NC. 

Wesley, t. Washington co. 
Ohio, 15 m. W. Marietta. Pop. 
^92. 



JFesi, i. Huntingdon co. Vut 
Pop. 1,244. 

iVest, t. Columbiana co. Ohio. 
Pop. 722. 

Westborough, p-t. Worcester 
CO. Mass. 13 m. E. Worcester, 



op. 



West Boylsion, p-t. Worcester 
CO. Mass. 10 m. N. Worcester. 
Pop. 886. 

West Bridgewaier, p-t. Plym- 
outh CO. Ms. incorporated in 1822. 
Westbrook, t. Cunnberland co. 
Me. 3 m. W. Portland. P 
2,494. 

JVest Brunswick, t. Herkimer 
CO. NY. 22 m. N. Herkimer. 

IVest Bvjfalo, t. Union co. Pa. 
Pop. 1183. 

West Cambridge, p-t. TVIiddlo- 
sex CO. Mass. 9 m. from Boston. 
Pop. 1,064. 

West Cayvga. See Bridge- 
port. 

If ''est Chester, co. NY. eq. m. 
480. Pop. 32,638 ; in 1825, 44,1 3 \ . 
Chief towns, Bedford and White 
Plains. 

Westchester, p-t. W^estche.'?- 
tcr CO. NY. The village of West- 
chester stands on a creek navig.t- 
ble to this place, aiid contains 2 
churches, 1 for Episcopalians and 
1 for Friends. The village of 
West-Farms stands on Bronx 
creek, 8 miles from tlie Sound. 
Here are a snuff-mill, paper-miil, 
paint manufactory, mills for ma- 
king linseed oil aad castor oil, a 
pottery, &.G. In this town is 
Morrisania, the seat of the late 
Gouverneur Morris. 12 m. from 
New York. Pop. 21G2. 

Westchester, p-t. bor. and cap. 
Chester co. Pa. 24 m. W. Phila- 
delphia. Pop. 552. 

Jfesterlo, p-t. Albanv co. NY. 

Pop. 3,458. 21 m. SW. Albany. 

Westerly, p-t. Washington .<Jo. 



W E ,S 



^Ul 



w E a 



Jlt. on the sea coast, 35 m. W. ,Vt. onLakejChainplain,47in. W 
Newport, 36 SW. Providence 
Pop. 1,972. See Pawcatuck. 



{Windsor. Pop. 684. 

Westland, t. Guernsey c». Ohio 



Western.^ p-t. Worcester co. ;6m. W. Cambridge. 



Ms. 22. m. SW. Worcester. Pop. 
1,112. 

Western^ p-t. Oneida co. NY.i 
on the Mohawk 8 m. NE. Rome 
20 N. Utica. Pop. 2,237. 

Western States, a division of 
the U. S. comprising the states iMs. 21 m. N 
which lie wholly west of the Al-JWNW. Boston 
ieghany mountains ; viz. Tennes 
see, Keiitucky, Ohio, 
Illinois, and Missouri. 



Pop. 
cap. 



fi76. 
Mor- 



West Liberty, p-t 
gan CO. Ky. 

Westminster, p-t. Windham co. 

jVt. on Connecticut river, 27 m. 

! below Windsor. Pop. 1,974. 

tVestminster, p-t. Worcester co. 

Worcester, 54 

Pop. 1,634. 

IVestminster, p-t. Frederick co. 

Indiana, |Md. 26 m. NW. Baltimore. 

Westmore, t. Essex co. Vt 



43 



West Fairlee, t. Orange co. Vt. Im. NE. Montpelier. Pop. 18 



28 m. SE. Montpelier. Pop. 700. ! Westmoreland, p-t. Cheshire co. 
West Farms. See Westchester. \NYi. on CoimecXicViX. river, 65 m. 
Westjield, t. Orleans co. Vt. 42|SW. Concord. Pop. 2,029. 



m. N. Montpelier. Pop. 22c 



I Westmoreland, 



Westjield,i>-t. Hampden co. Ms.jNY. 9 W. Utica. 



p-t. Oneida co. 
Pop. 2791. 



6 m. W. Springfield. Pop. 2,668. | Westmoreland, co. Pa. Pop. 
Westjield, r. Ms. falls into the 30,540. Chief t. Greensburg 



Connecticut, at West Springfield. 

Westjield, t. Richmond co. NY. 
at the SW. extremity of Staten 
Island. Pop. 1,616. 

Westjield, p-v. Chatauque co. 
jNY. 1 m. from Portland harbour, 
7 N. Mayville. 28 from Erie, Pa. 

Westjield, T^-t. Essex co. NJ. 7 
W. Elizabethtown, Pop. 2,358. 

Westjield, t. Medina co. Ohio. 
Pop. 178. 

Westjbrd, p-t. Chittenden co. 
Vt. 13 NE. Burlington. Pop. 
1,025. 

j Westfnrd, p-t. Middlesex co. 
jMass. 28 m. NW. Boston. Pop. 
i 1,409. Here is an academy. 
I Westjord, p-t. Otsego co. NY. 
3 SE. Cooperstown. Pop. 1,526. 
I West Greemcich, t. Kent co. 
IPJ. 18 SW. Providence. Pop. 
'l,927. 

I Westhampton, t. Hampshire co. 
JMs. 9 W. Northampton. Pop. 

We^i Bcivcn, p-t. Rutland cw. 



Westmoreland, co. Va. Pop. 
6,901. Slaves 3,393. Chief t. Leeds. 

WestKewbury, p-t. Essex co. 
Ms. set off from Newbury. 

Weston, p-t. Windsor Vt. Pop. 
890. 22 m. SW. Windsor. 

Weston, p-t. Middlesex co. Ms* 
15 m. W. Boston. Pop. 1,041. 

Weston, p-t. Fairfield co. Ct. 3 
m. from Long Island Sound. Pop. 
2,767. Here is an academy. 

Weston, p-t. cap. Lev/is co. Va. 

Westown, t. Delaware co. Pa. 4 
m. ESE. Westchester, 19 W. 
Philadelphia. It contains a large 
and respectable Quaker boarding- 
school. Pop. 755. 

West Point, p-v. and military 
post, in Cornwall, Orange co. NY. 
on the W. bank of the Hudson, 
at the passage of the river through 
the Highlands, 7 m. S. Newburgh, 
58 N. New York. During the 
revolutionary war it was strongly 
fortified, and deemed one of the 
m'>T=?t important, posts i"n AmCrj- 



WET 302 

("a, but the works are now in ru-|W. Indies 
ins. A military academy was es- 
tablished here in 1802, by the gen- 
eral government, and in 1812 
25,000 dollars were appropriated 
for erecting buildings, and pro- 
curing a library and apparatus. 
The academy has 7 professors and 
assistant professors,, a chaplain, 
an instructor in tactics, an in- 
structor in artillery, a surgeon 
who is acting professor of chem- 
istry, a teacher of the French 
language, a teacher of drawing, 
and a eword master. The term 
of study is 4 years. The number 
of cadets is limited to 260. 

JVestport, pt. with a port, 
Bristol CO. Ms. 24 m. S. Taunton, 
59 S. Boston. Pop. 2,633. 

Westport, p-t. Essex co. NY. on 
^^^^ bay in Lake Champlain. 5 



NW 

)n. E. Elizabethtown. Pop. 1,095. 

Westport, p-t. and cap. Oldham 
CO. Ky. on a high bluff near the 
Ohio, 17 above Louisville. 

West Quoddy Head^ in Lubec, 
Me. the SW. point at the en- 
trance into Passamaquoddy bay. 
Here is a light-house. 

Jf^est River, r. Vt. joins the 
Connecticut at Brattleborough. 

West Spring^field, p-t. Hamp- 
den CO. Ms. on Connecticut river, 
opposite Springfield. Pop. 3,246. 
' IFest StockT)}'idge, p-t. Berk- 
shire CO. Ms. 10 m. SW. Lenox. 
Pop. 1,034. 

West Union, p-t. and cap. Ad- 
ams co. O. with a bank, and print 



W H E 
Pop. 3,825. 



Here is 
an academy. 

Wethersjield, p-t. Genesee co'. 
NY. 28 m. S. Batavia. 

TFer/bridge, t. Addison co. Vt. 
on Otter creek 3 m. fr. Middlebu- 
ry. Pop. 714. 

Weymouth, p-t. Norfolk co. Ms. 

14 m. S. Boston, 17SE. Dedham. 
Pop. 2,407. 

Weymouth, t. Gloucester co. 
NJ. ^op. 787. 

Wharton, t. Favette co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,276. 

Whateley, p-t. Franklin co. Ms. 
on W. side Connecticut river, 10 
N. Northampton. Pop. 1,076. 

IVheaifieid, t. Indiana co. Pa. 
Pop. 2,020. 

Wheatland, t. Monroe co. NY. 

15 SSW. Rochester. Pop. 1322. 
Wheeler, p-t. Steuben co. NY. 

Pop. 798. 10 m. N. Bath. 

Wheeling, p-t. and cap. Ohio 
CO. Va. on Ohio river, at the 
mouth of Wheeling creek, 140 m. 
W. by N. Cumberland, 57 m. SW. 
Pittsburg, by the road, 95 by 
the river. It stands on a high 
bank, and contained in 1817 a 
court-house, jail, church, nail-fac- 
tory, and about 200 houses. The 
great road irom Wheeling to Cum- 
berland on the Potomac, was 
erected bv the U. States at an ex- 
pense of $1,800,000. This road 
completes the communication be- 
tween Baltimore and the navigable 
western waters. 

Wheeling, t. Guernsey co. O. 



ing-office, 53 m. SW. Chillicothe.jon Willis creek 6 m. N. Cam- 



Pop. 408. 

/res/«iZZe,p-t. cap. Simpson CO. Mi. 

Wethersjield, p-t. Hartlbrd co. 

Ct. pleasantly situated on the W. 

bank of Connecticut river, 4 m. 



bridge. Pop. 406. — Belmont co. 
4 m. N. St. Clairsville. Pop. 1,482. 

Wheelock,p-t. Caledonia co. Vt. 
30 m. NE. Montpelier. Pop. 906. 

Whetpain, t. Montgomery co. 



below Hartford. It exports large. Pa. Pop. 1,126. 

quantities of onions to different! Whetstone, r. O. joins the Scior-. 

narts of the V. States, and to the. to, at Columbus, 



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Whipple city. See G'i-Cfim{)ici^,| sloops of the largest class, 'illc 
White, CO. To. Pop. 8,701. trade of a large extent of country 



Slaves 593. Chief t. Sparta 

JVhite, CO. ill. Pop. in 1825, 
3966. Chief t. Carmi. 

JVhite Creek, p-t. Washington 
CO. NY. on a small creek which 
joins the Walloomscoic. Here 
are an academy, 5 churches, a 
handsome village, also 2 cotton 
and 2 woollen iactories, and other 
mills. 36 m. NE. Albany. Pop. 
2,877. 

White deer, p-t. Novthumber- 
land CO. Pa. on the Susquehan- 
nah. Pop. 1,677. 

Whitejield, p-t. Lincoln co Me. 
on both sides of Sheepscot river, 
15in. N. Wiscasset. Pop. 1,429. 

Whitejield, t. Coos co. NH. 4 
m. from Connecticut river, 120 N. 
Concord. Pop. 201. 

Whitehall, formerly Skenesho- 
rough, p-t. Washington co. NV. 
on Wood creeic, which here falls 
over a ledge of rocks into the S. 
end of lake Champlain. Skene's 
mountain rises on the east side of 
the creek, and barely affords room 
at its base, for a road communi- 
cating witli the country to the E. 
of the lake. On tlie W. side, 
tlie ground rises less rapidly, but 
soon terminates in a ridge of 
mountains dividing the valley of 
Wood creek froiu South bay. The 
Champlain canal passes along tiie 
western margin of the creek, and 
descends by Slocks, 31 feet, into 
the lake. Tlie village stands 
principally ou the W. side of the 
creek and contains a Presbyterian 
church, an academy, and a print- 
ing-office from which a weekly 
newspaper is is-sued. At the falls 
are a woollen f ictory, carding- 



is naturally concentrated at thi 
place. Two steam-boats ply be- 
tween Whitehall and St. Johns 
through the whole length of the 
lake. 21 m. N. Sandyhill, 76 N. 
Albany, 70 S. Burlington, 150 S. 
St. Johns. Pop. 2,341. 

Whitehall, t. Lehigh co. Pa. on 
the Lehigh, 10 m. WNW. Bethle- 
hem. Pop. 3,430. 

Whiteland, East, t. Chester co. 
Pa. Pop. 818. TVest, 773. 

IVhiteley, co. Ky. Pop. 2,340. 
Slaves 96. 

Whitemarsh, or Floivertowti ^ 
p-t. Montgomery co. Pa. on the 
Schuylkill, 12 m. NW. Philadel- 
phia. Pop. 1,601. 

White Mountains, or White 
Hills, mountains. New Hamp- 
shire, lying 30 m. N. of Winni.- 
piseogee lake, and 70 N. Con- 
cord. They are the loftiest in tlie 
U. States E. of the Rocky moun- 
tains. Within a circuit of 60 
miles there are 6 peaks, whose 
elevation exceeds 4,000 feet ; and 
mount Washington, the highest 
suminit, is 6,225 feet above the 
sea. Mount Washington is fre- 
quently visited by travellers who 
ascend it by various routes, but 
most usually from the SE. com 
menciiig in the town of Conway, 
and following the course of Saco 
river, which has its origin high in 
the mountain. After climbing up 
the side of the mountain for a 
considerable distance, the trees 
begin to diminish in height, till at 
the elevation of about 4,000 feet, 
you come to a region of dwarfish 
evergreens, about the height of 
a mail's head, putting forth nu- 
merous strong horizontal branches 



machine, grist-miii, and saw-mili. 

The lake is navigable to tiie Iboti which are (tloiiijiyiatcrv.oven with 

«f the fsiJis, f«r stt:i!;m-b«ats »nd each ^Iher, and surroiiBd the 



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mountain with a formidable 
hedge. On emerging from this 
thicket, you are above all woods, 
at the foot of what is called the 
bald part of the mountain, which 
consists of a huge pile of naked 
rocks. After attaining the sum- 
mit, the traveller is recompensed 
for his toil, if the sky be serene, 
with a most noble and extensive 
prospect. In the horizon are seen 
the Atlantic ocean, at Portland, 
65 miles in a direct line to the 
SE. ; the Katahdin mountains, to 
the NE., near the sources of Pe- 
nobscot river ; on the W. the 
Green mountains in Vermont ; 
and Mount Monadnock, 120 miles 
to the SW. Among the nearer 
objects are lake Umbagog, the 
Androscoggin, lake Winnispeo- 
gee, Connecticut river, and nu- 
merous smaller streams and 
lakes ; while beneath and around 
the mountains extend many miles 
in every direction from the sum 
mit, resembling in their shape the 
waves of the sea in a storm. 

The JVotch or Gap, on the west 
fr^ide of the mountains, is a deep 
and narrow defile, in one part on 
ly 22 feet wide. The road from 
Lancaster to Portland, which 
passes through this gap, is cross- 
ed by the river Saco. Several 
brooks, the tributaries of the Sa- 
co, fall down the sides of the 
mountains, forming a succession 
of beautiful cascades, some of 
them within sight of the road. 
The White mountains, give name 
to a range, which extends south- 
ward to Belchertown, Ms. where 
it divides into two branches, call- 



house, jail, and 2 churches. A 
battle was fought here Oct. 28, 
1776, between the Americans and 
the British. 6 m. E. Hudson ri- 
ver, 30 from New York. Pop 675. 

White river, Vt. the largest ri- 
ver in the state, E. of the Green 
mountains, joins the Connecticut 
15 m. above Windsor, after a 
course of 55 miles. 

JVhite river. See Hartford, Vt. 

White river, Ind. runs nearly 
parallel with the Ohio, at the dis- 
tance of from 40 to 60 miles, and 
enters the Wabash, 16 miles b6- 
low Vincennes. 

White river, t. Knox co. Ind. 

White river, r. Arkansas ter. 
rises in the Ozark mountains in 
about Ion. 94^ W. and lat. 36° N. 
and flowing E. receives Black ri- 
ver in lat. "35° 15' N. after v/hich 
its course is southerly. Near its 
mouth it divides into two branch- 
es ; the smaller branch flows SW. 
4 miles and joins the Arkansas, 
while the eastern enters the Mis- 
sissippi in lat. 34° N. 15 m. above 
Arkansas river. White river is 
navigable for keel boats 400 miles, 
to Harding's ferry, and during a 
considerable part of the year, 1(10 
miles further. 

White river, p-t. Lawrentc to. 
Arkansas. Pop. 820. 

Whiiesboroitgh, p-v. and half- 
shire of Oneida co. NY. on the 
canal, 4 m. NW. Utica. It is 
handsomely built and contains a 
court-house, jail, academy, and 2 
churches. 

Whitesfown, t. Oneida co. NY. 
comprising the villages of Whites- 
borough, New Hartford, and Qris- 



Mount Tom 

Whiteplains, p-t. and halfshire, 
Westchester Co. NY. with ahand- 
s&inc village c<>ntain*m^ a c(5ort- 



ed the Lyme range, and range of kany. Pop. 5,219 ; in 1825, 6,003. 



Whitesville, p-t. and cap. Ctf- 
lumbus CO. NC. 

Whitevfaiet, .%. ^^Witsn tiJ- 
6hio. Pop.1,€61. 



W 1 1. ac 

Wliiie water ^ r. runs into the 
Miami, in Ohio, 20 m, below 
Brookville. 

White woman, r. O. a mam 
branch of the Muskingum, is form- 
ed by Mohiccan and Owl creek, 
and joins the Tuscarawas at Cos- 
hocton. 

IVhiting, p-t. Addison co. Vt. 
on Otter creek, 50 m. SW. Mont- 
pelier. Pop. 609. 

Whittingliam, p-t. Windham 
•CO. Vt. 52 m. S. Windsor. Pop. 
5,397. 

./ WTiitleVy t. Green co. Pa. Pop. 
t,722. ^ ^ 

Wickford, p-v. in North Kings- 
rton, RI. on Narraganset bay, 9 
m. NW. Newport. It is pleasant- 
ly situated, and contains about 
100 dwelling-houses, a bank, an 
academy, and 3 churches. 

Wier''s cave, a large and ccle- 
hrated cave, in Augusta co. Va. 
2 m. from Port Republic, 17 m. 
SE. New Market, 30 NW. Staun- 
ton, 32 W. Charlottesville. 

Wilbraham, p-t. Hampden co. 
Ms. 10 SE. Springfield, 89 W. 
Boston. Pop. 1,979. In 1824, a 
Wesleyan academy was establish- 
ed here for the education o? the 
children of indigent Methodist 
clergymen. It is provided with 
a spacious brick edifice. 

Wilcox, CO. Al. Pop. 2,917. 
Slaves 1,354. Chief t. Prairie 
Bluff. 

Wilkes, CO. NC. Pop. 9,967. 
Slaves 1,191. 

WUkes,'p-i. and cap. Wilkes co. 
KC. 50 m. W. Germantown. 

Wilkes, CO. Ga. Pop. 16,912. 
Slaves 9,356. Ch'f t. Washington. 

JVilkesbarre, formerly Wyo- 
ining, p-t. and cap. Luzerne co. 
Pa. on the SE. side of the Sus- 
rjuehannah. It contains a bank, 
and academy. A dreadful mas- 



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isacre was committed in this 
jploce, during the American war, 
by the Indians under the com- 
mand of colonel Butler. 119 m. 
NW. Philadelphia, 121 NE. Har- 
risburg. Pop. 1,602. 

Wilkesville, p-t. Gallia co. O. 
18 m. NW. Gallipolis. Pop. 391. 

Wilkinson, co. Mi. Pop. 9718. 
Slaves 5,761. Chief t. Wood- 
ville. 

JVillamantic, r. Ct. joins the 
Natchaug or Mount Hope, at 
Windham, to form Shetucket ri- 
ver. 

Willes, t. Bradford co. Pa. Pop. 
301. 

Willet, p-t. Cortlandt co. NY, 
Pop. 437. 19 m. SE. Cortland. 

Williams, t. Northampton co. 
Pa. Pop. 1,590. 

Williams, co. O. formed 1820. 

Williamshorovgh, p-t. and cap. 
Grenville co. NC. pleasantly situ- 
ated on a creek which runs into 
the Roanoke, 17 m. fr. Warren - 
ton, 48 NE. Hillsborough. Here 
is an academy. 

Williamsburg:, p-t. Penobscot 
CO. Me. 40 m. NW. Bangor. Pop. 
107. Here is a quarry of marble. 

Williamsburg, p-t. Hampshire 
CO. Ms. 8 m. NW. Northampton. 
Pop. 1,087. 

Williamsbvrg, v. in Bushwick, 
LI. with a ferry to New York. 

Williamsburgh, p-v. Livings- 
ton CO. NY. on Genesee river. 3 
m. S. Geneseo. 

Williamsburg, p-t. and cap. 
James City co. Va. 60 m. E. 
Richmond, situated between two 
creeks, one of which falls into 
James, the other into York river. 
The public buildings are the col- 
lege, an Episcopal church, a capi- 
toT, court-house, jail, and hospi- 
tal. Poj). 1,402. 

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iVIary was founded in 1691, in the I and Green rivers. Fop. 2,610. 
time of king William and queen | Williams College in this town, 
Mary who liberally endowed it.: incorporated in 1793, has a presi- 



It has a library of between 3,000 
and 4,000 volumes, and a valuable 
philosophical apparatus. There 
are nominally 6 professorships, 
but only 3 or 4 are occupied. The 



dent, 2 professors, and 3 tutors, 
a library of about 1,500 volumes, 
a valuable philosophical and che- 
mical apparatus. The Berkshire 
Medical Institution has 6 profess- 



buildings are of brick, and suffi-}ors. Thole number of students 
cient for the accommodation of in 1824 was 225 ; viz. medical 



about 100 students. In 1325, a 
committee of the legislature re- 
l)orted in favour of changing the 
site of the college. 

jyillianisbi(}-g, dis. SC. Pop. 
8,716. Slaves 5,864. Chief t. 
Kingstree. 

IVilliamsburg, p-t. Jackson co. 
Te. on N. side Cumberland river, 
15 EtVE. Carthage. 

JVilliamsburgy p-t. and cap. 
Clermont co. O. on the E. fork of 
the little Miami, 14 m. from Ohio 
river, 22 SE. Cincinnati. Pop. 
1,777. Here are a court-house, 
jail, and printing-office 



JViUiamson, t. Wayne co. NY.iGrant co. Ky 



students 94, undergraduates 131. 
The college buildings are two 
edifices of brick, about 100 feet 
long and 40 wide, and 4 stories 
high, containing a chapel, library 
room, philosophical chamber, and 
60 rooms for students. 

fVilliamstown^pt. Oswego ca. 
NY. 31 E. Oswego. Pop. 662. 

Williamstown, t. Montgomery 
CO. Pa. Pop. 1,243. 

Williamstown^ p-t. and cap. 
Martin co. NC. on the Roanoke, 
58 m. SE. Halifax, 25 fr. Blounts- 
ville. 

JVilliamstoivn, p-t. and cap. 



on lake Ontario, '20 m. N. Canan 
daigua. Top. 2,521. 

fVilliamson^ co. Te. Pop. 
20,640. Slaves 6,972. Chief t. 
Franklin. 

JVilliamsport, p-t. bor. and cap. 
Lycoming co. Pa. on the W. 
branch of the Susquehannah, 38 
in. above Northumberland. Pop. 
624. 

WiUiavispoft, p-t. Washington 
CO. Md. on the Potomac, at the 
mouth of the Conecocheague, 6 
m. W^ Elizabethtown, 37 N. by 
E. Winchester. 

Willia?)istoic'n, p-t. Orange co. 
Vt. 11 SE. Montpelier. Pop. 
1,481. 

WilUurnstoicn, p-t. Berkshire 



JVilliamspitle, p-v. Erie co. 
N Y.at the falls of Ellicott's creek, 
11 m. NE. Buffalo. 

JVillinborough, t. Burlington 
CO. NJ. on the Delaware, 14 m. 
from Philadelphia. Pop. 787, 

Wellingicm, p-t. Tolland co. 
Ct. 26 m. NE. from Hartford, 26 
N. from Norwich. Pop. 1,246. 

JVilUston, p-t. Chittenden co. 
Vt. 8 m. SE. Burlington. Pop. 
1,240. 

Willistown, t. Chester co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,306. 

IVills^ t. Guernsey co. O. 6 m. 
E. Cambridge. Pop. 1,069. 

fVillsborough, p-t. Essex co. 
NY. on lake Champlain. Here 
are two forges, at one of which 



CO. Ms. in the NW. corner of theianchors and mill irons are made, 
state, 26 m.N. Leno.\, 135 WNW. and a furnace. 13 m. NE. Eli^ 
lioston. It is w.itered by HoosfVckibftthtown. Pop. £88. 



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WilVs creek, Md. falls into the 
Potomac at Cumberland. 

TViWs creek, Ohio, runs into 
the Muskingum, 8 m. below Cos- 
hocton. It is na\ igable for keel 
boats to Cambridge. 

TVillsJiire, p-t. and cap. Van 
Wert CO. O. on St. Mary's river, 
40 m. SE. Fort Wayne. 

JVilhtoxan, p-v. Cherokee na- 
tion, Al. 50 m. SW. Brainerd. 

Wilmington, p-t. Windham co. 
Vt. 46 m. S. Windsor. Pop. 1369. 

Wilmington, t. Middlese.x co. 
Ms. 16 m. N. Boston. Pop. 790. 

Wilmington, p-t. Essex co. NY. 
17 NW. Elizabethtown. 

Wilmington, port of entry, in 
Christiana hundred, Newcastle 
CO. Del. and the largest town in 
the state, is situated between 
Christiana and Brandywinecreeks, 
1 m. above their confluence, 2 m. 
W. of Delaware river, 28 SW. 
Philadelphia, 72 NE. Baltimore 
Here are 14 flour mills, forming 
the finest collection in the United 
States. In 1815, there were with- 
in 9 miles of the town, 44 flour 
mills, 13 cotton manufactories, 15 
saw mills, 6 woollen manufacto 
ties, 6 gunpowder mills, and se 
veral others. The Christiana ad- 
raits vessels drawing 14 feet of 
water to the town ; and those of 
8 feet can ascend 8 miles further. 
The Brandy wine has 8 feet of wa- 
ter to the mills. Shipping in 1815, 
9,591 tons. The town contains 2 
market-houses, a spacious alms- 
house built of stone, 3 banks, an 
academy, a United States arse- 
nal, and 9 churches. Lon. 77° 
34' W. Lat. 39043' N 
the hundred 8,355. 

Wilmington, p-t. port of entry 
and cap. New Hanover eo. NC. on 
the NE. side of Cape Fear river, 
•iusl below the confluence of the 



NE. and NW. branches, 34 nuied 
from the sea, 100 SW. Newbeni, 
95 SSE. Faycttcville, 146 S. Ra- 
eigh, 190 NE. Charleston. It con- 
tains a court-house, jail, academy, 
2 banks, and 2 churches. It is 
the depot for the produce of a 
large section of N. Carolina, and 
the exports from this port have 
usually been twice as much as 
from all the other ports of the 
state. The navigation of the 
river was formerly obstructed by 
flats, but these are now removed, 
and vessels that cross the bar, 
where is 15 or 16 feet water, can 
ie at the wharves. The situation 
IS unhealthy. Shipping in 1815, 
14,374 tons. Pop. about 2,000. 
Lon. 780 15' W. Lat. 34° 11' N. 

Wilmington, p-t. and cap. Clin- 
ton CO. Ohio, 55 m. NW. Chillico- 
the, 60 SW. Columbus. It was 
laid out in 1807, and has a court- 
house, jail, and about 40 houses. 
Pop. 255. — p-t. Licking co. 10 m. 
N. NeM^irk. — t. Wayne co. 12 m. 
S. Wooeter. 

Wilmot, t. Merrimack co. NH. 
30 NW. Concord. Pop. 670. 

Wilna, p-t. Jefferson co. NY. 
on Black river. Pop. 648. 57 m. 
SSW. Ogdensburgh. 

Wilson, p-t. Niagara co. NY. 
Pop. 688. 18 m. N. Lockport. 

Wilson, CO. Ten. Pop. 18,630. 
Slaves 3,844. Chief t. Lebanon. 

Wilsonville, t. Wayne co. Pa. 
on the Lackawaxen, 120 m. N. 
Philadelphia. 

Wilton, p-t. Kennebeck co. Me. 
35 m. NW. Augusta. Pop. 1,115. 

Wilton, p-t. Hillsborough co. 
Pop. oflNH. 37 m. S. Coscord, 58 from 
Boston. Pop. 1,070. 

Wilton, p-t. Fairfield co. Ct. 34 
m. W. New Haven. Here is ai\ 
academy. Pop. 1,818. 

Winchaidjon,T)-t. Worcester co. 



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.■^Is. o2 m. NW. Worcestei-. Pop.} Windham^ t. Bradford co. Pa. 
1,263. Pop. S50. 

Ulndustsr, p-t. Chcsliire co.l }ri7iMam, p-t. Portage co. O. 
XH. 15 m. fr. Kcene. Pop. 1,601. jl 2 m. NE. Ravenna Pop. 472. 

If Inchcsicr, \i-t. Litchiield co.l M7/irf5or, t, Hillsboro' co. NH. 
Ct. 27 .\W. Hartford. Pop. l,G01.j30 m. SW. "Concord. Pop. 237. < 

ff7?jc/?t'sftf;-,p-t. aiidcap. Frede-i Windsor, co. Vt. sq. m. 900. 
rick CO. Va. near the head of 0-|Pop. 3S,233. Chief t. Woodstock, 
peckon creek, a branch of the Poi JT'hidsor, p-t. Windsor co. Vt. 
tomac, 3G m. W. Harper's Ferry,jon the W. bank of Connecticut 
70 W.XW.Washinj^ton, 168 NX W. river, here crossed by a bridge, ItJ 
Richmond, ft contains 2 banks, jm. below Hanover, 55 S. Mont- 



2 academics, a printiug-otfice, 
market-house, alms-house, and 6 
churches. Poo. about 3,000. Lat. 
89® 16 N. Lou. 7?^ 28' W 



CO. Mi. 

Jflnchestcr, p-t. and cap. Clark 
CO. Kv. on a branch of Licking 



pelier, 40 E. Rutland, 55 iVE. Ben- 
nington, 95 IS' W. Boston. It con- 
tains a court-house, state-prison, 
jbank, with a capital of ^100,000, 
Jilnchester, p-t. cap. Wayne female academy, 2 printing-of- 
fices, and 3 churches, 1 each for 
Congregationalists, Episcopalians, 
and Baptists. The village is very 
river, 30 m. from Lexington. Herejpleasantly situated near the bank 
are a bank and academy. Pop. [of the river, and has many well 
about 1,000. built houses and considerable 

TVinchester, p-t. cap. Franklin trade. In the rear of the village 
CD. Ten. Here is an academy. irises the lofty mountain Ascutney, 
Tf'mch(ster, t. Kuox co. O. 9 m. 3,320 feet above the level of the 
S. Mount Vernon, p-l. Guernsey sea. Pop. 2,956. 
0.0. t. Green co. ' fVindsoi; t. Berkshire co. Ms. 

M'i7ichesUr, p-t. cap. New Ma- 20 m. NE. Lenox. Pop. 1,085. 
TFindsor, ]>t. Hartford co. Ct 



fr, p-t. c 
drid CO. Mo. 22 N. New Madrid 

JVinchester, p-t. cap. Randolph 
CO. In. 

Windham, p-t. Cumberland co. 
Me. 16 XW. Portland. Pop. 1,793. 

Jf'indham, o-t. Rockingham co.jBinghamt on 
NH. 31 m. SW. Portsmouth. Pop. 
889. 

frindham, co. Vt. sq. m. 780. 



on the W. side Connecticut river, 
? m. above Hartford. Pop. 3,00S. 
JFijidsor, p-t. Broome co. NY- 
on the Susquehannah, 15 m. E. 
""' ' Pop. 3,354. 

ffliidsor, t. Middlesex co. NJ". 
Pop. 1,710.— JFest, 1,918. 

Jflndsor, t. Berks co. Pa. Pop, 
1,950.— p-t. York CO. 2,096. 

Windsor, p-t. and cap. Bertie 
Vt. 25 SW. Windsor. Fop. 931. jco. NC. on the Cashie, 23 m. 
WiJidhnm, co. Ct. Pop. 31,684. {WSVV. Edenton, 97 from Halifax. 
Chief t. Brooklyn. I Tflndsor, p-t. Ashtabula co. O- 

fVindham, p-t. Windham co.'hio, on Grand river, 14 m. SW. 



sq. m. 

Pop. 28,457. Chief t. Nev f-me. 
Windham, p-t. Windham co. 



Ct. 14 m. N. Norwich, 30 E. Hart, 
ibrd, 44 W. Providence. Pop. 
2,489. Here is a bank. 

iWindhum, p-t. Greene co. NY. 
1?B m. SW. Catfkill. Poo. 2,536. 



Jefferson. Pop. 402. — t. La\v- 
rence co. 440. — Morgan co. 415. 

Winjidd, p-t. Herkimer co. 
i\Y. 10 m. S. Uticu. Pop. 1,752^ 

WinhaJJ, p-t. Benninjtton cb-. 



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Tt. 25 NE. Bennington. Pop. 428. 

JVinnebago lake. See Fox r. 

Winnipec lake, U. S. through 
which flows the Mississippi ; a- 
bout 14 miles long and 9 wide. 

Winnipiseogce or Wentioorth, 
the largest lake in NH. lies be- 
tween Ion. 71° 5' and 7P 25' W. 
and between lat. 43° 29' and 430 
44' N. near the centre of the 
State. It is ol" an irregular form ; 
its length is estimated at 23 miles, 
and its greatest breadth at 14 m. 
It discharges its waters through 
the river of the same name into 
the Merrimack. The surface of the 
lake is 232 feet above the Merri- 
mack a* the confluence of their 
waters, and 472 feet above the 
level of the sea. 

This lake, so remarkable for its 
beautiful and sublime scenery, was 
hardly kiiown till the visits of Dr. 
Dwight, in 1812 and 1813. It is 
now frequently visited by travel- 
lers. From the top of Red moun- 
tain, near Centre harbour, there 
is an extensive prospect. Mount 
Monadnock is seen in the SVV. at 
the distance of 70 miles ; thence 
proceeding north is a suc- 
cession of mountains, imong 
which are Kyarsarge and Simson, 
and in the NW. Moosehillock : 
directly N. are the Sandwich 
mountains, between which and 
Red mountain is the beautiful 
lake Sullivan. To the SE. in the 
bottom of a vast valley spread 



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Winnsboroug-h, p-t. and cap. 
Fairfield co. SC. on a branch of 
the Wateree, 30 m. NNW. Co- 
lumbia, 115 NNW. Charleston. 
It is the seat of Mount Zion Col- 
lege, which, however, has not 
hitherto gone into operation. 

JVinslow, p-t. Kennebeck co. 
Me. on Kennebeck river, at tlie 
confluence of the Sebastacook, 
opposite Waterville, 16 m. N. Au- 
gusta. Pop. 935. 

Winthrop, p-t. Kennebeck co. 
Me. 12 W. Augusta. Pop. 1,619. 

U^iiiton, p-t. and cap. Hertford 
CO. NC. on the S. bank of Chow- 
an river, 35 NW. Edenton. 

IVinyaw, bay, SC. receives Pc- 
dee, "Wakkamau, and Winee riv- 
ers, and meets the ocean 12 m. 
below Georgetown. 

IViscasset, p-t. port of entry, 
and cap. Lincoln co. Maine, on the 
W. side of Sheepscot river, 14 m. 
NE. Bath, 49 NE. Portland, 167 
NNE. Boston. It contains a 
court-house, handsome stone jail, 
academy. Congregational church, 
bank, and insurance otfice. The 
harbour is safe, capacious, easy of 
access, and open at all season.^^ of 
the year. Shipping in 1815, 18,429 
tons. Pop. 2,131. 

JVithington, Baptist station a- 
m©ng the Creeks, Ga. on the 
Chatahoochee. r. 

Woburn^ p-t. Middlesex co. 
Me. 10 m. N. Boston. Pop. 1,519. 

Wolcott, p-t. Orleans co. Vt. 22 



lake Wentworth, with its suite of ra. N. Montpelier. Pop. 123 



islands. The shores of the lake 
are deeply indented with bays 
formed by exquisitely finished 
points. Several majestic moun- 
tains rise on the borders, among 
which are the Ossipee on the NL. 
the Gunstock on the S. and a tine 
semi -circular mountain in the SE. 
at the termination of the lake. 



JVolcoit, t. New Haven co. Ct, 
22 m. N. fr. New Haven. Pop. 943. 

JVolcott, p-t. Wayne CO. NY. on 
ake Ontario. 12 m N. Lyons. 30 
E. Charlotte. 30 W. Oswego. 
Pop. 2,867. 

fFolf creek, t. Mercer co. Pa. 
Pop. 815. 

Wolfeborovg-h, p-t. Strafford fn. 



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V\ O O 310 

rsH. ou E. side lake Winnipiseo- 
oee, 45 NE. Concord. Pop 1,794. 
^ Wolf river. Mi. flows S. 140 
miles, and falls into St. Louis bay. 
22 in. E. Pearl river. 

Wood, CO. Va. Pop. 5,860. Sla's 
S52. Ciiief t. Parkersburg. 

Wood, CO. O. Pop. 733. Chief 
t. Maumee. 

Woodboumfyt. Montgomery co. 
Ohio, on Hole's creek, with seve- 
ral manufactories. 8 m. S. Dayton. 

Woodhridge, t. N. Haven, co. 
Ct. 7 NW. New Haven. Pop. 1,988. 

Woodbridge, o-t. INIiddlesex co. 
NJ. 3 WxNVV. Amboy. Pop. 4,226. 

Woodbury, t. Caledonia co. Vt. 
15 m. NE. Montpelier. Pop. 432. 

Woodbury, p-t. Litchfield co. 
Ct. 25 m. NW. New Haven, 36 
SW. Hartford. Pop. 1,885. 

Woodbury, p-t. cap. Gloucester 
CO. NJ. 9 S. Philadelpliia. 

Woodbury, t. Bedford co. Pa. 
Pop. 2,155. — t. Huntingdon 1,497. 

Wood creek, r. Washington co. 
NY. runs N. 23 miles and falls in- 
to lake Charaplain at Whitehall. 

Wood creek, r. NY. runs into 
Oneida lake. 

Woodford, t. Bennington co. 
Vt. 6 E. Bennington. Pop. 212, 



Woodford, CO. Ky. Pop. 12,207.|48 ra 
Chief t. Versailles. ibus. 



W O E 

which a weekly newspaper is is- 
sued ; also a marble factory, 
woollen factory, an extensive 
manufactory of scythes, shears, 
and other edged tools, llm. NW. 
Windsor, 28 E. Rutland, 46 S. 
Montpelier. Pop. 2,601. 

Woodstock, p-t. Windham c©. 
Ct. 45 m. NE. Hartford. 33 NW. 
Providence. 66 SW'. Boston. Pop. 
3,017. 

Woodstock, p-t. Ulster co. NY. 
14 m. NW\ Kingston. Pop. 1,317, 

Woodstock, p-t. and cap. Shen- 
andoah CO. Va. 30 m. SSW. Win- 
chester, 112 fr. Washington. Here 
is an academy. 

Woodstoion, p-t. Salem co. NJ. 
12 m N. byE. Salem, 26 SSW. 
Philadelphia. 

Woodville, p-t. cap. Decatur 
CO. Al. 

WnodvUle, p-t. and cap. Wilkin- 
son CO. Mi. 37 m. S. Natchez, 

Woohcich, p-t. Lincoln co. Me. 
on Kennebeck river, 7 m. W.W^is- 
casset. Pop. 1,330. 

Woohcich, t. Gloucester co. NJ. 
Pop. 3,113. 

Wooster, p-t. and cap. Wayne 
CO. O. on the Killbuek, which is 
navigable to this place for boats. 



Lake Erie, 87 N. Colum- 
Slaves 4,678. Chief t. Versailles. jbus. Pop. 1,121. It contains a 

Woodsboro\ p-t. Frederick co. brick court-house, jail, bank, and 
Md. 11 NE. Fredericktown. {printing-office. Two miles NW. 

Woodsfield, p-t. cap. Monroejof Wooster, is a well for salt ^va- 
co. O. 31 m. SW. St. Clairsville, ter sunk 460 feet deep. 
■33 N. Marietta. Pop. 84. I TVooster, t. Washington co. O. 

Woodstock, p-t. Osford co. Me.llO m. NW. Marietta. Pop. 783. 
6 m. N. Paris. Pop. 509. i JVorcester, t. WashingtOH co. 

Woodstock, p-t. and cap. Wind-iVt. 10 ra. N. Montpelier. Pop. in 
sor CO. Vt. has four churches and 1824, 200. 

two villages. The principal vil- Worcester, co. Ms. Pop. 73,625. 
lage, called Woodstock green,; Worcester, p-t. and cap. Wor- 
stands on the S. bankof Queechyjcester co. Ms. 40 m. W. Boston, 
river, and contains a court-house, j38 NNW. Providence,57 E. North- 
jail, Congregational church, andlampton. Pop. 2,962. It is the 
2 printing-offiOE*?, from one ofhargcst inlJnd town in NeAv Eii^ 



V A D 311 V A P 

pleasantly situated, sud con- 
tains a printing-office, an acade- 
my, several factories, and 64 
dwelling-houses. An Episcopal 
Theological Seminary is establish- 
ed at this place, under the super- 
intendence of the Bishop of the 
diocess, with 2 assistant teachers. 

Wrenxliam, p-t. Norfolk co. Ms. 
27 m. SW. Boston, 18 NNE. Pro- 
vidence. Here is an academy. 
Pop. 2,801. 

JVrightsburg, p-t. Ashtabula co. 
O. on Lake Erie. 8 m. NW. Jef- 
ferson. Pop. 341. 

Wrightstoion^ t. Bucks co. Pa. 
4 m. N. Newtown. Pop. 618. 

TVyalusing, p-t. Luzerne co. 
Pa. on the Susquehannah. Pop. 
546. 

JVyandots, a tribe of Indiana 
residing partly in the U. States 
and partly on Canara river. Upper 
Canada. Their principal settle- 
ment in the U. S. is at Upper 
Sandusky, Ohio. The number here 
is about 350, among whom is a 
Baptist missionary station. 

Wynants kill, NY. joins the 
Hudson in Troy. 

Wyoming. See JVilkesharre. 

Wysox, p-t. Bradford co. Pa. 
Pop. 1,083. 

Wythe, CO. Va. Pop. 9,692. 
Slaves 1,533. Chief t. Evansham, 



laud, and a place of much wealth 
and trade, and contains a hand- 
some court-house, jail, bank, 2 
printing-offices, from eacli of 
■tt'hich a weekly newspaper is issu- 
ed ; and 4 churches, 3 for Congre- 
^tionalists, and 1 for Baptists. 
!n 1819, a handsome and comrao- 
-dious building was erected by the 
munificence of Isaiah Thomas, 
LL. D. for the reception of the li- 
brary and cabinet of the Ameri- 
can Antiquarian Society. The 
library consists of nearly 6,000 
volumes, many of them rare and 
"valuable works, and the cabinet is 
respectable. The Blackstone ca- 
nal to connect Worcester with 
Providence, is in rapid progress. 
The expense of the canal is esti- 
mated at 1500,000. 

Worcester, p-t. Otsego, co. NY. 
16 m. SE. Cooperstown. Pop. 
1,938. 

Worcester, t. Montgomery co. 
Pa. Pop. 977. 

Worcester, co. on the eastern 
shore of Md. Pop. 17,421. Slaves 
4-,551. Chief t. Snowliill. 

Worthington, p-t. Hampshire 
CO. Ms. 20 m. NW. Northampton. 
Pop. 1,276. 

Worthington, p-t. Franklin co. 
Ohio, on the Whetstone. 9 m. N. 
Columbus, 58 W. Zanesville. It 



X&tiia, pt. and cap. Green co. 
Ohio, on Shawanoe creek, 3 m. 
from the little Miami, 30 S. Ur- 
banna. 50 NE. Cincinnati, 54 W. 



Columbus. Pop. 2,799. It con- 
tains a court-house, jail, printing- 
office, academy, and 3 charches. 



I YadHiu, r. NC. rises in the Al-linto South Carolina, where it take^ 
TegTiJlny nTrfunfa^rfs, and pss^ts'thc nnnte of Grelit Pe.deeh wTii^^h 



Y E L 312 Y Q R 

i* preserves till it falls into Win-lter a north-easterly course of 
▼aw bay, near Georgetown. Theil,100 miles, falls into the Missou- 
river was surveyed under the di-^ri, 1,800 miles from its mouth, 
rection of the Yadkin >'aviCTation The government of the U. States 
company, in 1018, from "VVilkes'contempiate establishing a milita- 
court -house in the mountains, toiry post at its mouth. 
Cheraw Hill, about 6 miles belowl Yonkers, p-t. Westchester co. 
the South Carolina boundary, a'XY. on the Hudson, 18 m. N. New 
distance of 247 1-2 mUes. The ex-iYork, 10 SW. White plains. Pop. 
pense of making it navigable for' 1586. 

boats of ten tons through this dis-i York, r. Me. affording for 7 or 8 
tance, is estimated at $"250, -234, ImUes, a good harbour for vessels 
exclusive of the narrows, whereof 200 tons, 
for the present it is intended to; York, co. Me. Pop. 46,283. 
make a turnpike road for 7 miles.; York, port of entry, p-t. and 
The distance from Cheraw Hill to half-shire, York co. Me. 9 m. 
Georgetown bv land is 103 miles, NNE. Portsmouth, 42 SW. Port- 
but by water 270. It is thought land, 67 NE. Boston. Pop. 3,046. 
that at le.ast one-third of that dis- Shipping in 1816, 470 tons, 
tance can be saved by canals at a, York, p-t. Livingston co. NY. 
moderate expense. ion Genesee river, 7 m. NIS'W, 

Yak College. See JVVjr iJTaiwj.'Geneseo. Pop. 1729. 

i""a'o6i«A<i,r. Miss, runs into thel York, or Yorktown, t. West. 
Yazoo. It is boatable to Elliot, Chester co. NY. 45 m. N New 
30 miles. jYork. Pop. 1,992. 

Yanfic, OT J^orwich river, Ct.; Yoi-k, co. Pa. Pop. "38,759. 
joins the Shetucket, at Norwich. jChief t. York. 

Yarmouth, p-t. and seaport, | York, bor. and cap. York CO. 
Barnstable co. Mass. 4 m. E. i Pa. on Codorus creek, which emp- 
Barnstable, 70 SE. Boston. Pop.|ties itself into the Susquehannah, 
2,232. land over which there are two 

Fa/<:5, CO. NY. sq. m. 232. Pop. handsome stone bridges. 22 m. 
11,025. Chief t. Pennf an. ;WSW. Lancaster, 30 SE. Carlisle, 

In ff 5, p-t. Orleans co. NY. on 50 E. Chambersburg, 48 N. Balti- 
lake Ontario. 30 m. NW. Batavia. more, 84 W. Philadelphia. It 

lazoo, r. Mi. joins the Missis- contains a court-house, jail, acad- 
sippi 12 m. above the Walnut hills, ^emy, alms-house, 4 breweries, and 
100 above Natchez. It is naviga-|9 churches. Pop. of the bor. 
ble 100 miles. 13,545 : of the rest of the town, 

Yelloic busha. See Yalobusha. 2Mic^. Lon. 76° 40' W. Lat. 3S=> 

Yellow creek, t. Columbiana co.iSo N. 
Ohio. Pop. 722. j York, r. Va. formed by the nn- 

Yellotc sj^rijigs, p-v. Green co.'ion of the the Mattapony and Pa- 
O. near the head waters of the lit- munky, and runs into the Chesa- 
tie Miami. 65 m. NE. Cincinnati. 'peake. It has 4 fathoms water 

iellow sfoiie, or jRoc^auHf, r. -for 20 miles above Yorktown. 
rises in the Rocky mountains, be-' Yerk, co. Va. Pop. 4,3S4« 
.txyren hit. 43« and 44« N. and af-'Slaves 2.163. Chief t. Yorkto^^x. 



z A r^ J 

Vor^, district, SC. Pop. 1^,936 
Slaves 4,590. 

York, t. Athens co. Ohio. Pop 
335. — Belmont co. on the Ohio, 
14 m. S. St. Clairsville. Pop. 836. 
— Montgomery co. 7 m. N. Day- 
ton. — Morgan co. Pop. 3-14. 

Yorkshire, t. Cataraugiis co. 
NY. 14 m. NxNE. Ellicottville. 

Yorkiown, p-t. Westchester co. 
NY. 8 m. NW. Bedford, 45 N. 
New York. Pop. 1992. 

Yorktoxim, or York, p-t. port of 
entry, and cap. York co. Va. on 
theS. side of York river, 11 miles 
from its mouth, at a point where 
the river is suddenly contracted to 
the width of a mile. The banks 
of the river are very high, and ves- 
sels of the largest burden may 
ride close under them with the 
greatest safety. The harbour is 

said to be the best in Virginia. , _._. 

This town will ever be famous in' the latter with Misi 



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the American annals for tlio r':ii)^ 
ture of Lord Connvallis and his ai- 
my, on the 19th of October, 1781. 
Here is a small village of 50 houses 
including a court-house and jail. 
12 m. E. VVilliamsburgh, 29 itW. 
Norfolk, o5 E. by S. Richmond, 
187 SSE. Washington. Lat. 37^ 
22 N. Lon. 76° 52' W. Pop. about 
700^ Shipping in 1815, 733 tons. 

Yaughlogeni/, r. Pa. pierces tho 
Laurel mountains, and flowing 
NW. joins tlie Monongahela, 15 
m. SE. Pittsburg. 

Yovngsioivn, p-v. Niagara co. 
NY. on Niagara river, 6 m. N. 
Lewistown. 

Yonngstown, p-t. Trumbull co. 
Ohio,14 m.SE. Warren. Pop.l,0-r.. 

Ypsilanti, t. Washtenaw co. 
Michigan. 

Yunger, r. Mo. enters Osage> 
river, 140 m. fr. the confluence of 



Z 



Zan4:,t.LogVLn co.Ohio. Pop. 545. (mill, saw-mills, a nail factory, and 
Zanesioton, t. Logan CO. Ohio. jwooUen factory. The town cou- 
Zanesville, p-t. and cap. Musk- tains besides 2 banks, 2 printing- 
ingum CO. Ohio, on theE. side of|offices, a court-house, and several 
Muskingum river, at the falls op-jpublic ofiices. There are 2 bridges 
posite Putnam, 80 m. W. Wheel-'over the river at this place. A 
ingin Virginia, 61 NW. Marietta, [company was incorporated in 1814, 
70 NE. Chillicothe, 58 E. Colum-lfor the construction of a canal and 
bus. It is a very flourishing town 'locks around the falls, and the 
and well situated for trade and j work is now rapidly advancing, 
manuftictures. The navigation ofjThe expense is estimated at from 
the Muskingum is uninterruptedl70,000to 100,000 dollars, and the 
from its mouth to this place ; the jcompany intend to unite with the 
falls afford numerous and fine mill- canal extensive water works, for 
seats, and-the surrounding couu- manufacturing purposes. Lon. 



try abounds with inexhaustible 
beds of coal for such establish- 
ments as require the use of fuel. 
Here ave already erected 2 glass- 
jtTQ'jsr^, several flotir-mills, irn oil- 



82° 3' W. Lat. 39^ 58' N. Pop. 
3,023. 

Zcnia. See Xenia. 

Zoar^y. Delaware co. Ohip, 1'2 
m. S. Dela\yare. • 



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ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 



Arcadia^ t. Wayne co. NY. 
Pop. in 1825, 3,479. 

Boston, Ms. Pop. 1825, 58,281. 
Burlington, Vt. For " Lat. 40° 
27'," read Lat. 44° 27'. 

Delaware City. This city has 
been recently laid out at the 
mouth of the Chesapeake and 
Delaware canal, opposite fort De- 
laware, 2 miles from port Penn, 
6 from Newcastle, 11 from Wil- 
mington. The streets run at 
right angles. The lots are fast 
selling at Philadelphia. It is ex- 
pected that it will soon become 
an important commercial depot 
and have the privilege of a post- 
office. 

Fort Craivford. See Prairie du 
Chien. 
Illinois. Pop. in 1825, 67,656. 
Jiidiana. Pop. in 1825, 250,000. 
Key West. See Thompson''s isl. 
Macon, t. Blount co. Ga. lately 
laid out on the Oakmulgee r. on 
lands purchased of the Creek In 
dians in 1821. During the past 
season, it is estimated that 12,000 
bales of cotton have been shipped 
from this place ; and an increase 
to 20,000 bales is confidently an- 
ticipated for the next season. 

Middletown, Ct. The American 
literary, scientific, and military 
academy, under the superinten- 
dence of Capt. A. Partidge, was 
removed to this city in August, 
1825. Instruction is given by the 
principal, 9 professors, and 10 
instructors and assistant in- 
structors. The course of study 
includee any period from one to 
nix years, and comprises the usual 
branches taught in collescs and 



academies, together with those 
requisite for a thorough know- 
ledge of the military art. The 
buildings are situated on the high 
grounds, west of the city. They 
are constructed of free stone, and 
are sufficient for the accommoda- 
tion of 250 cadets. The number 
of cadets in 1826, was 289. The 
whole number educated since the 
establishment of the institution 
in 1820, is 480. For the purposes 
of health and improvement in va- 
rious practical duties of the sol- 
dier, the cadets perform a march 
aa a military corps, at least once 
a year ; besides other tours, made 
by detachments. In these excur- 
sions, the elevation of most of the 
principal mountains in New -Eng- 
land and New York, has been as- 
certained. The whole distance 
which has thus been travelled, is 
about 1500 miles. Many of the 
cadets walk with ease, 40 miles a 
day. 

jYeio Utrecht, Add, Pop. 1,009. 

Onondaga. Erase, "A canal 
leads from this village, 4 miles, 
to the Erie canal at %racuse." 

St. Anthony'' s A^'ose, Highlands, 
NY. A company has been incor- 
porated, with a capital of f 40,001) 
for the romantic purpose of erect- 
ing a splendid hotel on the sum- 
mit of this Nose. Its situation, 
and the extensive and sublime 
prospect which it will affiard, no 
doubt will command the attention 
and visits of multitudes of tra- 
vellers, who every year pass up 
the Hudson, to the springs, Nia- 
gara Falls, and other places of 
fashionable re:si?rt. 



APPENDIX 



DESCRIPTION OP SOME OF THE PHlNCirAL PLACES IN Till^ 
Population of L. Canada, 1825, 430,879. 



Jimherstburg or Maiden^ t. and 
cap. Essex co. UC. on Detroit 
i-iver 3 m. above its entrance into 
Lake Erie, and 14 below Detroit. 
It has about 150 houses, and a 
good harbor, with anchorage in 
three and a half fathoms. 

Beauport, v. LC. on the N. side 
of the St. Lawrence, 3 ni. N. by 
E. Quebec. The village consists 
of about 70 houses, including 
Catholic church, and is built on 
a single street of 4 or 5 miles in 
length, extending to the mouth of 
Montmorenci river. 

Berthier, v. on the N. shore of 
the St. Lawrence, 46 m. NE. 
Montreal, 50 SW. Three-Rivers 
The village contains at least 80 
houses, and many granaries, and 
store-houses of British manufac 
tured goods. The neighbouring 
country is thriving and populous 
and from it large quantities of 
grain are annually exported. 
Pop. of the seigniory, 5,000 

Bridgewater, v. UC. a few 
miles below Chippeway. 

Brockville, v. cap. of licedsco. 
UC. on the St. Lawrence ; 16 m 
above PjTQScett. It is a Nourish 



ing commercial place, in a well 
cultivated and populous country. 
Here is a printing-office, from 
wliich a weekly newspaper is is- 
sued. 

Cascades^ Isle de, in the St, 
Lawrence, at its entrance into 
Lake St. Louis. 25 m. above 
Montreal. 

Caughnatmga^ Indian village, 
LC. on the S. bank of the St. 
Lawrence, opposite La Chine. 

Chambly, v. LC. on the river 
Sorelie. 12 m. below St. Johns, 
15 E. Montreal. The village has 
about 100 houses. Here is a fort. 

Chamhly River. See Sorelie. 

Chaudiere, r. LC. rises in lake 
Megantic near the U. States 
boundary, and after a northerly 
course of 102 miles, falls into the 
St. Lawrence, 6 m. above Quebec. 
It is not navigable, owing to nu- 
merous rapids and falls, of which 
the most considerable are those 
called the Chaudiere Falls, about 
4 miles from its mouth. The 
scenery Avhich accompanies the 
cataraet of Chaudiere, is striking- 
ly bold and romantic. , .^ 
i Chi0ewaij,v. Lincoln CO. UCf. 



•rjiii APPEiSDIX. 

on Niagara river, 10 m. abovei newspaper is issued, and abtuC 
Queenstown, 2 above Niagara's 70 dwelling-hoiises. For the 
falls. Chippeway creek runs in-jlast 20 years the town has obtain- 
to the Niagara at this place. Theied considerable mercantile im- 
battle of Chippeway, July 5,lportance. It is now the main en- 
1814, was fought in the plain onjtrepot between Montreal and aJl 
the south side of this creek. jthe settlements along the lakes to 

Coryiwall, t. UC. on the St.lthe westward. From the com- 
Lawrence, 30 m. below Prescott.jmencement of spring until the 

E'/'ncst, town, UC. on lake On-!latter end of autumn, great activ- 
tario, 11m. W. Kingston. Lon.jity prevails. The harbour is well 
7.")° 56' W. Lat. 44° 10' N. ; sheltered and convenient, acces-- 

Fori Erie, a fort, with a small isible to ships not requiring more 
village, UC. at the outlet of Lakekhan three fathoms water, with. 
Erie, opposite Black rock, NY. 18igood anchorage close to the NE,. 
jn. above the falls of Niagara. [extremity of the town : the en-- 

Fort George. See JMagara. ; trance to it is defended by a batte^' 

Gananaqite, r. UC. falls mto! ry on Mississaga Point, and anoth-- 
the St. Lawrence, in Leeds. ler on Point Frederick, which,. 

GraW, or Oase, r. UC. falls in-lwith the shoal stretching from 
to lake Erie, about 30 m. W. the fonner, with only five feet of 
Fort Erie. On this river is an ex-' water upon it, are quite sufficient 
tensive tract of land belonging tojfor ite protection. Kingston pos- 
the six nations of Indians, injsesses one of the best harbours 
number about 2000. ion the lake : and it is the naval 

Hamilton, t. Northumberland [arsenal of Great Britain in this 
CO. UC. extending from lake On-j quarter, where ships of war, even 
tario to Rice lake. lof the first rate, have been con- 

Jsh o?f.7; .Vo/r, small isl. LC. in structed. 190 m. SW. Montreal. 
the river Sorel, 11 m. from Rouse's. 215 NE. Niagara. Lon. 76° 40' W. 
point, on the frontier, 8 or O'Lat. 44° 8' N. 
from St. Johns. It is well forti-j Lacadi£, t. LC. 53 m. N. Platts- 
ried, and commands the inter- burg, NY. 

course by water, between lake, La Owie, v. on Montreal isl- 
Champlain and the river St. Law-|and, at the head of the St. Louis 
rcnce. irapidinthe river St. Lawrence, 

Johnsicwn, v. UC. just abovel9 m. above the city, with which 
the upper rapids in the river St. 'it is connected by a canal. 
Lawrence. 67 m. NE. Kingston.! Laprairie, seigniory, Hun- 

Kingsion, t. Upper Canada, the tingdon co. LC. on the S. side of 
largest and most populous of the;the St. Lawrence, nearly opp*o- 
province. It is advantageously; site Montreal. The village of 
seatedat the IVE.extremityoflakeiLaprairie, or La Nativite, con- 
Ontario. It is regularly laid out, jtains about 100 houses, and is 
and contains a government-house,; very flourishing, being situated 
a court-house, a Protestant and a:on the main road from Montreal 
Catholic churches,a market-house, 'into the U. States. Here is a 
a jail, hospital, 2 printing-ofiices,isteam-boat ferry, 9 miles long, to 
J*om each of which a weekly Montreal. 12 m. N- .St. Johm?! 



APPENDIX. 

LongeuiL^ seigniory, Kent co. 
LC. on the S. side of the St. Law- 
rence, opposite Montreal. 

Monfmorenci, r. L. Canada, 
which falls into the St. Law- 
rence, about 7 miles below Que- 
bec, remarkable for its beautiful 
falls. The river runs in a very 
irregular course, through a wild 
and thickly wooded country, over 
a bed of broken rocks, till it 
comes to the brink of a precipice 
down which it descends m one 
uninterrupted and nearly perpen 
dicular fall of 240 feet. The 
breadth of the river at the top, 
from bank to bank, is only about 
50 feet. On the margin of the 
St. Lawrence, just above the 
mouth of the Montmorenci, are 
the extensive saw-mills of Mr 
Patterson. The water is con 
veyed from the head of the falls 
by an aqueduct. The number of 
mills is about 80, producing 15,000 
boards per week. 

Montreal, isl. L. Canada, at the 
confluence of the Grand or Otta- 
wa river with the St. Lawrence 
It forms the county of Montreal, 
and is in a triangular shape, 32 
miles long by 10 and a half broad. 
The riviere du Prairie separates 
it on the NW. from the Isle Je- 
sus. The soil is highly productive 
in grain of every species, vegeta- 
bles, and fruits of various kinds. 

Montreal, t. Lower Canada, on 
the S. side of the island of Mont- 
real, in the river St. Lawrence, 
the second town of the province 
in size, but the first in commer- 
cial importance. The houses are, 
for the most part, built of a gray- 
ish stone, many of them large, 
(handsome, and in a modern style. 

(Sheet iron or tin is the universal 
c overing of the roofs. Among 
|tlie public institutions, are the 
jHotel Dieu, established in 1644, 



iil7 
for the purpose of administering 
relief to the destitute sick, and 
conducted by a superior and 3G 
nuns, who attend and nurse 
the patients ; the convent of No- 
tre Dame, composed of a superior 
and 60 sisters, for the instruction 
of females in all the necessary 
branches of their education ; the 
general hospital, or convent of 
the Gray Sisters, a refuge for 
invalids and the aged poor. The 
seminary of St. Sulpice is a very 
respectable institution, establish- 
ed by the French in 1657 ; it has 
several able professors, and a 
considerable number of students. 
A new college has been recentiy 
erected, as an appendage to the 
seminary, at an expense of more 
than 10,000^. The cathedral 
church in the Place d'Armes, is a 
large substantial stone building, 
in which no great taste is dis- 
played, the height not being in 
due proportion. A new cathe- 
dral, was commenced in 1824. It 
is an immense stone edifice, 255 
feet by 134. The other churches 
are the St. James, and the Bon 
Secour, belonging to the Catho- 
lics, the Protestant Episcopal 
church ; 2 belonging to the 
church of Scotland, 1 Methodist, 
and 1 Presbyterian churches. 

The English college received 
its charter in 1824. It was found- 
ed by the Hon. James M'Gill, 
who died in 1814, and bequeathed 
10,000^ besides a handsome real 
estate, for endowing the college, 
provided it should be erected 
within 'lOTlWwtj. Inconsequence 
of the bequest having been con- 
tested, this establishment is not 
yet in actual operation. The 
court-house in Notre Dame-street, 
is a plain handsome building. At 
the upper end of the new market 
place is a handsome monnment 



2 E 



erected in honour ol 



lord Nelson.jin the year 



1760. In 1 7 75, it Wari 



Montreal contains also a bank, taken by the Americans, under 
new hospital, new market,theatre,|Gen. Montgomery, but soon after 



parade gronnd, 
house, and garden 
f'onducted schools and academies, 
and a library of 7 or 8000 vol- 
Timcs. The periodical publica- 
tions are 1 quarterly and 2 month- 
ly magazines ; 2 thrice a week, 2 
semi-weekly, and 1 weekly news 



government-; evacuated. 180 m. SW. Quebec, 

several welll220 N. by W. Boston, 386 NE. 

Niagara. ' Lon. 73*^ 35' W. Lat. 

45° 31' N. P:.>p. in 1815, 15,000 ; 

in 1820, 20,000 ; in 1825, 23,0.00. 

Jfeioark. See Miagara. 

JViagara, formerly JSTeivdrk, t. 

UC. very pleasantly situated at 



paper 

ries are the Eagle foundery, own 
ed by Messrs. Ward, for making 
steam engines and machinery, 
and containing 4 furnaces, smith's 
shop, finishing shop, <fcc. ; a 
steam saAV-mill ; a nail factory 
■which drives 8 nail machines, and 
makes ten cwt. per day; and a 
factory for making and sticking 
cards. 



Among the mannfacto- the entrance of the river Niaga 



Dto lake Ontario, and almost 
fronting fort Niagara on the Ame- 
rican side. The settlement was 
begun in 1796, and had increased 
to about 200 houses, with a 
church, court-house, and other 
public buildings ; but all of these, 
with the greatest part of the 
dwelling-houses were destroyed 
by the Americans in December 
Montreal is the grand depot of j 1813, when they evacuated fort 
the NW. company, whose furjGeorge, which is within the li- 



trade is of vast extent and impor 
tance. It is also the channel 
through which is carried on the 
commerce between Canada and 
the United States. A canal has 
been recently constructed to La 
Chine on the island of Montreal, 
9 miles above the city. The har- 
bour is not large, but alwafs se- 
care for shipping. The general 
depth of waier is from 3 to 4 and 
a half fathoms, with very good 
anchorage every where between 
the Market-gate island and the 
chore. The grecitest disadvan- 
tage to this harDour is the rapid 
of St. Mary, about a mile below 
it, whose current is so powerful, 
that without a strong north-east- 
erly wind, ships cannot stem it, 
a7i»l arc sometimes detained even 
{ox weeks, about two miieK only 
irom the place where they are to 
deliver their freight. This town 
\Va« taJien by the English, under 



mits of the town. 7 m. N. Queens- 
ton, 35 S. York. 

Orleans, Island of, isl. in the 
St. Lawrence, 6 m. below Quebec, 
25 miles long, and 5 brOad. The 
soil IS very fertile in almost every 
part. Pop. 4,000. 

Port Hope, harbour on lalce On- 
tario, UC. at I'.ic mouih of Smith's 
creek. 104 m. frorn Niagara. 

P)-escoit, V. U. Canada, on the 
St. Lawrence, opposite Ogdens- 
burg. 

Prince Edmard, co. Upper Ca- 
nada, is a peninsula, with some 
neighbouring islands, lying be- 
tween the bay of Quinti and lake 
Ontario. 

Quebec, city, and capital of Ca- 
nada, situated on a promontory 
on the NW. ^dtj oi' the St. Law- 
rente, formed by that river and 
the St. Charles. The ridge l/ 
land which terminates in ihiis pi'»> 
mofitory runs from E. to W. aiiti 
separatctJ the nvaru £i. i:>>- 



APPEr 

ronpje an/i Sf. Cliarks. lis gene- 
ral breadth is from one to two 
)Tules. It lias cape Diamond, a 
bold promontory which rises 345 
feet above the level of the water, 
on the N. ; and across it, at the 



3. spacious gallery /whence tnerc 
is a most commarming prospect. 
The principal libraries arc tliR 
Quebec, established in 1779, and 
containing 5000 volumes, the 
House of Assembly library willi 



NE. or lower end, the to\vn of|4,0G0 volumes ; the garrison 



Quebec is built. The fortifica- 
tions extending across the breadth 
of the peninsula, shr.t in the 
ground on which the city stands, 
the circuit of which is about 2 
miles and three quarters. From 
Cape Diamond, the ridge slopes 
towards the north, till it reaches 
the valley through which the St. 
Charles runs. The town is di- 
vided into two \ ' - ts, namely, the 
Upper and Lower. The Upper 
town is separated from the Lower 
by a line of steep rocks, which 
runs from the cape towards the 
river St. Charles. It is surround- 
ed by a strong wall with 5 gates. 
The Lower to^vn is situated im- 
mediately under cape Diamond. 
The communication from the 
Lower to the Upper town is by 
winding streets. The greater 
proportion of the houses are 
built of stone, with high sloping 
roofs. The principal public build- 
ings are the castle of St. Louis, 
the Hotel Dieu, the convent of 
the Ursulines, the monastery of 
the Jesuits, now turned into bar- 
racks, the Protestant and Catho- 
lic cathedrals, the Scots church, 
St. John's or the Presbyterian 
church, 2 Methodist chapels, the 
Lower town church, the court- 
house, the bank, the seminary, 
the new jail, and the artillery 
barracks. Thecastleof St. Louis, 
situated on the summit of the 
rock, is a handsome stone build 
ing, seated near the edge of i 
precipice, something more than 
'^0 f<?et high, and snrmonnted by 



?f 



and Cary's Circulating, which has 
4 or 5,000 volumes. Four news- 
papers are puliiished here. A 
Literary and Historical Society 
v/as established in 1824. 

In its present state, Quebec 
may rank as a fortress of the first 
consequence : the citadel, on the 
highest part of Cape Diamond, 
presents a formidable combina- 
tion of powerful works, from 
whence a strong wall, supported 
by small batteries in different 
places, runs to the edge of the 
precipice, along which it is con- 
tinued to the gate-way leading to 
the Lower town, which is defend- 
ed by heavy cannon, and the ap- 
proach to it up Mountain-street, 
both enfiladed and flanked by 
many guns of large calibre ; 
thence a line of defence connects 

ith the grand battery, a work of 
great strength, armed with a for- 
midable train of 24 pounders, and 
commanding the basin and pas- 
sa,ge of the river St. Lawrence, 
which is here only a mile wide. 
Very large additions are now 
making to the fortifications. The 
basin of Quebec is very spacious, 
being sufRcicnt to contain 100 
sail of the line. The depth of 
water is 28 fathoms. In 1759, 
Quebec was taken by the Eng- 
lish, under the command of the 
brave General Wolfe, who fell in 
the engagement ; and by the 
peace in 1763, it was ceded, with 
the rest of Canada, to the con- 
querors. In 1776, the Americans 
made an unsuccessful attenrpt 



APPEN 



J^\... APPENDIX 

Igainst the city, with the loss of to St. John 
their commander, General Mont- 
gomery. 180 m. NE. Montreal,' 
400 from the sea. Lon. 71° 10 
W. Lat. 46° 50' N. Pop in 1815, 
18,000 ; in 1825, 22,500, 

Queenston, t. Upper Canada, on 
the Niagara, under the ridge call 
ed Queenstown Heights, oppo 
site Lewistown, 7 miles below 
Niagara falls, at the head of na 
vigation. It is the depot of all 
the merchandise and stores 
brought from Montreal and Que 
bee, for the use of the upper 
province. 

Quinte, a bay and harbour in 
the NE. part of lake Ontario, 
little to the W. of Kingston, 50 
miles long, and from 6 to 12 
miles broad. 

Richelieu. See So7-el, r 

St. John, or Fort St. John, t. 
and fort, Canada, on the W. side 
of the river Chamblee, 20 m. SE. 
Montreal. Lat. 45° 19' N. Tlu 
British naval force on lake Cham 
plain had its principal station 
here during the late war. 

St. Peter^s, lake, Lower Cana- 
da, an expansion of the river St. 
Lawrence, 20 miles long, and 10 
wide, which commences a few 
miles below the town of Sorel. 

Smith's creek. See Port Hope. 

Sorel, Richelieu, or Chambly, r. 
Lower Canada, forming the out- 
let of lake Champ lain. It flows 
north, and joins the St. Lawrence 
at Sorel, 40 miles below Mon- 
treal. It is remarkable for being 
narrower at its mouth than at its 
source. At its mouth it is 250 
yards wide, which it preserves up 
to the basin of Chambly : from 
Chambly to the isle du Portage it 
is 500 yards wide ; beyond this it 
spreads to double that width, and 
continues to widden still more up 



whence there is a 
ship navigation to the towns on 
lake Champlain. From lake 
Champlain to the basin the cur- 
rent is strong, and in some places 
broken by rapids, and the ascent 
is laborious. From the basin to 
the St. Lawrence, the current is 
regular and gentle. Numerous 
boats and rafts, loaded with pot 
and pearl ashes, and flour, are 
continually descending this river 
in summer. 

Three rivers, or Trois Rivieres^ 
t. Lower Canada, on the N. bank 
of the St. Lawrence, at the mouth 
of the river St. Maurice, which 
here divides anu enters the St. 
Lawrence by three channels. It 
was formerly the capital of the 
province, and the centre of the 
fur trade. The town is tliinly 
peopled, though the inhabitants 
are wealthy. It contains an Ur- 
uline convent, Protestant and 
Catholic churches, court-house, 
jail, and barracks. 84 m. SW. 
Quebec, 96 NE. Montreal. Pop. 
2,500. 

JVilliam Henry, or Sorel, t. 
Lower Canada, on the point of 
land formed by the confluence of 
the Sorel with the river St Law- 
rence. It is regularly laid out ; 
the streets intersect each other 
at right angles, leaving a central 
square of more than 500 feet on 
each side. Pop. 1,500. 

Williamsburg; t. Dundas co. 
UC. on the St. Lawrence. Here 
was fought the battle of Chrys 
tier's farm. 

York, formerly Toronto, 
capital of U. Canada, is situated 
on the NW. coast of lake Onta- 
rio. It has an excellent harbour 
about 3 miles long, and where 
widest 1 mile broad, formed by a 
peninsula 6 miles in length, ter- 



i.> 



jninating at Gibraltar point, on 
which is a light-house. A Bljoal 
extends more than half across the 
mouth of the harbour, and the 
channel for vessels lies close to 



the walls of the fort. The town 
is regularly, laid out, and contains, 
the Parliament House, Govern- 
ment House, a large and hand- 
some hospital lately erected, a 



provincial bank,Episcopal church, 
and several handsome brick 
dwelling-houses. The number 
of inhabitants is about 2,500, and 
constantly increasing by the in- 
troduction of emigrants from the 
mother country. 170 m. SW. 
Kingston. Lon, 79° 20' W. Lat. 
43'^ 33' N. • 



NOTE. 

*^« The foregoing articles are added to the present edition of 
this work, to accommodate the numerous summer travellers, who 
may wish hereafter to make the delightful, and now fashionable, 
tour, from the Saratoga and Ballston Springs, Niagara, and other 
places of resort on our borders, up the river St. Lawrence, to Que- 
bec, and across lake Ontario, into Upper Canada. The most im- 
portant places and curiosities, which a traveller would wish to visit 
on such a tour, are described in the articles referred to. 

We recommend strongly, that tourists to Quebec, across lake^ 
GeorgB and Champlain, and up the St. Lawrence, take with them, 
as their companion. Professor Sillir«an's Tour between Hartford 
and Quebec, with Mr. Wadsworth, in 1819. It is a work of so much 
intelligence, and the cities, towns, and fine scenery on this route 
are so handsomely described, and illustrated by fine cuts, that no 
traveller shnnid be without it. 



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^^22 



AFPEjNDIX. 



TABLE I. 



Cen&us ofJ^eio York for 182t 



Counties. 


Population. 


Counties. 


Poj)ulatiQ.n. 


Albany, 


42,821 


Onondaga, 


48,435 


Alleghany, 


18,164 


Ontario, 


37,422 


Broome, 


13,893 


Orange, 


41,732 


Cataraugus, 


8,643 


Orleans, 


14,460 


Cayuga, 


42,743 


Oswego, 


■17,875 


Chatauque, 


20,640 


Otsego, 


47,898 


Chenango, 


34,215 


Putnam, 


11,866 


Clinton, 


14,486 


Queens, 


20,331 


Columbia, 


37,970 


Rensselaer, 


44,065 


Cortlandt, 


50,271 


Richmond, 


5,932 


Delaware, 


29,565 


Rockland, 


S,016 


Dutchess, 


46,698 


St. Lawrence, 


27,595 


Erie, 


24,316 


Saratoga, 


36,295 


Essex, 


15,993 


Schenectady, 


12,876 


Franklin, 


7,978 


Sclioharie, 


25,926 


Genesee, 


40,905 


Seneca, 


20,169 


Greene, 


26,229 


Steuben, 


. 29,245 


Hamilton, 




Suffolk, 


23,695 


Herkimer, 


33,040 


Sullivan, 


10,373 


Jefterson, 


41,650 


Tioga, 


19,951 


Kings, 


14,679 


Tompkins, 


32,908 


Lewis, 


11,669 


Ulster, 


32,015 


Livingston, 


23,860 


Warren, 


10,906 


Madison, 


35,646 


Washington, 


39,280 


Monroe, 


39,108 


Wayne, 


26,761 


Montgomery, 
New York, 


40,902 


Westchester, 


33,131 


166,086 


Yates, 


13,214 


Niagara, 


14,069 






Oneida, 


57,847 


Total, 


1,616,45^ 



The following are the aggregates of the census. In some of the 
items the returns are undoubtedly imperfect. Tlie whole numbei: 
of deaths, for example, is set down at 22,544, which is only 1 in 72 
of the population. This is much too small. Frorft the official re- 
port of the Inspector of the city of New York, it appears that the 
whole number of deaths in the city, during the year 1825, was 5,018, 
or 1 in 33 of the population. The Inspector's report is undoubtedly 
accurate, and if so, the other cannot be, unless tlie extravagant con- 
clusion is adopted that the mortality in the city, has been more than 
twice as great in proportion, as in the country. The city rpTitSiirs 



APPENDIX. 



323 



■juiv oAo-^i.uh part of the population of the state, and ciinuot sarejy 
be charged with nearly one-fourth part of the deaths. 

Whole number of souls, 1,616,457 

males, 822,837 

females, 793,561 

subject to military duty, .... 180,645 

qualified to vote, . " 296,132 

aliens, 40,430 

paupers, 5,610 

persons of colour, not taxed, .... 38,770 

I ^ do taxed, 931 

^ .' do qualified to vote, . . . 298 

, mdrried females, under 45 years, . . . 200,4*^-1 

I vtftmarWe^^ do. between 16 and 45, . . . 135,391 

' do do. under 16 years, ... 361,624 

I marriages the year preceding, . . . 11,553 

I births, male 31.514, female 29,869, . . 60;383 

' deaths, male 12,525, female 10,019, . . 22,544 

I The number of acres of improved land is 7,160,967 — of neat cat- 
Itle 1,513,421— horses 349,628— sheep 3,496,539— hogs 1,467,573— 
(vards of fulled cloth, domestic manufacture, preceding year 
,2,918,233 — yards of flannel and other woollen cloths, not fulled 
3,468,001 — yards of linen, cotton, and other cloths, domestic manu- 
^facture 8,079,992. 

The number of gnst-mills is 2,364 — saw-mills 5195 — oil-mills 
121 — fulling-mills 1222 — carding-machines 1,584 — cotton-factories 
76 — woollen factories 189 — cotton and woollen do. 28 — iron works 
170 — trip hammers 164 — distilleries 1,129 — asheries 2,105. 

The number of deaf and dumb persons is 645, of which 141 are 
(Supported by charity — the number of idiots 1,421, of which 442 are 
supported by charity — the number of lunatics 819, of wMch 184 are 
isapported by charit}-. 





APBE'r^^iX. 

TABLE II. 
den&Uif of Illinois for 1525. 




(imntieg. 


Population. 


Counties. 


ropuhiiQn. 


Adams, 


294 


Madison, 


455T 


Alexander, 


9S7 


Marion, 


554 


Bond, 


1507 


Monroe, 


1702 


Calhoun, 


503 


Montgomery, 


100.0 


Clark, 


917 


Morgan, 


4064 


Clay, 


343 


Peoria, 


1236 


Clinton, 


1106 


Piko, 


508 


Crawford, 


2266 


Pope, 


2490 


Edgar, 


2465 


Randolph, 


3820 


Edwards, 


1171 


St. Clair, 


4744 


Fayette, 


1434 


Sangamo, 


5547 


Franklin, 


2020 


Schuyler, 


526 


Fulton, 


510 


Union, 


2570 


Gallatin, 


4571 


Wabash, 


1910 


Greene, 


3519 


Washington, 


685 


Hamilton, 


1608 


Wavne, 


1839 


Jackson, 


1572 


White, 


3996 


Jefferson, 
Johnson, 


1039 
1105 






Total 


72,817 


Lawrence, 


21S2 







TabIe III. Showing the tonnage of the United States for every 
fifth year between 1789 and 1824, distinguishing the amount em- 
ployed in the foreign trade, coasting trade, and fisheries. 



^ 


Registered 


Enrolled and 


E nrol- 


Enrolled 


" •, 




Tonnage 


licensed ton- 


led in 


and li- 


• 




emply'd in 


nage^in the 


the 


censed in 






the Foreign 


coasting 


Whale 


the Cod 


Total 


Years. 


Trade. 


trade. 


fishery. 


Fishery. 


Tonnage.' 


1789 


123,893 


68,607 




9,062f 


201,562 ; 


1794 


438,862 


184,204 


4,139 


28,670 


628,816 


1799 


669,197 


246,640 


592 


29,978 


946,408 


1804 


672,530 


317,536 


323 


52,013 


1,042,403 


1809 


910,059 


405,161 


573 


34,485 


1,350,281 


1814 


674,632 


466,256 


561 


17,855 


1,159,208 


1819 


612,930 


571,0.58 




76,762* 


1,2^0,751 


182;? 


861,165 










1824 








77,627 


i 



* These numbers include the Enrolled tonnage employed In 
^he whale iisheyv. 



APFErvDIX. 



325 



Iable IV. Showing the number of square miles of each state in 
the Union; the population of 1820; the average population on a 
square mile ; the estimated value of manufactures in 1810 ; the va- 
lue of houses and lands in 1815 ; and the time w^hen each state was 
admitted into the Union. 





i 




S 


^Is 








,2 

S 

o 


o . 








1! 


1 


i 


"O T-H 

1-- 


O 


Estim 

lueof 

tures 




n 










Dollars. 


Dollars. 




Maine, 


31,750 


298,335 


10 


3,741,116 




1820 


N. H. 


9,491 


244,161 


26 


5,225,045 


38,745,974 


* 


Mass. 


7,250 


523,287 


72 


21,895,528 


tl 43,765,560 


* 


R. I. 


1,580 


83,059 


53 


4,106,074 


20,907,768 


* 


Conn. 


4,764 


275,248 


58 


7,771,928 


88,534,971 


* 


Vt. 


10,212 


235,764 


23 


5,407,280 


32,461,120 


1791 


N. Y. 


46,000 


1,372,812 


30 


25,370,286 


269,370,900 


■* 


N. J. 


8,320 


277,575 


33 


7,054,594 


95,899,333 


* 


Pa. 


46,000 


1,049,398 


23 


33,691,111 


346,633,889 


* 


Dela. 


2,120 


72,749 


34 


1,733,744 


13,449,370 


* 


Md. 


13,959 


407,350 


29 


11,468,794 


106,496,638 


*■ 


Va. 


64,000 


1,065,366 


17 


15,263,473 


165,608,199 


* 


N. C. 


48,000 


638,829 


13 


6,653,152 


51,517,031 


* 


S. C. 


24,000 


490,309 


20 


3,623,595 


74,325,262 


* 


Geo. 


60,000 


340,989 


6 


3,658,481 


31,487,658 


* 


Ala. 

Miss. 


44,000 
45,000 


127,901 
75,448 


3 

2 


1 419,073 




1819 
1817 


Lou. 


48,000 


153,407 


3 


1,222,357 




1811 


Ten. 


40,000 


422,813 


11 


3,611,029 


24,243,750 


1796 


Ken. 


42,000 


564,317 


13 


6,181,024 


66,878,587 


1792 


Ohio, 


39,000 


581,434 


15 


2,894,290 


61,347,215 


1802 


Ind. 


36,000 


147,178 


3 


300,000 




1816 


Illi. 


52,000 


55,211 


1 


120,000 




1818 


Misso. 


60,000 


66,586 


1 


200,000 




1820 


Mich. T. 


40,000 


8,896 




50,000 






Ark. T. 




14,273 










Col. D. 
Total, 


100 


33,039 


330 


1,100,000 








9,625,734 




172,762,676 


1,631,657,224 



TncliidinfT IVfttiYic. 



Ori<Tinal SfUffef 



32ff 



ATPKiNDJ.X. 



Ta-bae V. SUo\ving the nambcv of Tree blacks and slaves in etitli 
of the United States in 3820 ; toi^ether with the whole number of 
Wa,cks and whites, and the proportion which euch class forms of the 
whole population. 



States. 


Blacks. 


Whites. 


Proportion oft 
the whole 1 


Free 
Blacks. 


Slaves. 


Total 
Blacks. 


population. . 


Blacks. VVhitej 










per. ct. perct-'j 


Maine, 


929 


None. 


929 


297,340 


0.31 99.69( 


N. H. 


786 


None. 


786 


243,236 


0.32 


99.60 


Mass. 


6,740 


None. 


6,740 


516,419 


1.28 


98.72 


R.I. 


3,554 


48 


3,602 


79,413 


4.34 


95.66 


Ct. 


7,870 


97 


7,967 


267,181 


2.89 


97.11 


Vt. 


918 


None. 


918 


234,846 


0.39 


99.61 


N. Y. 


29,279 


10,088 


39,367 


1,332,744 


3.67 


96,33 


N. J. 


12,460 


7,557 


20,017 


257,409 


7.21 


92.79 


Pa. 


30,202 


211 


30,413 


1,017,094 


2.90 


97.10 


Del. 


12,958 


4,509 


17,467 


55,282 


24.02 


75.98 


Md. 


39,7.30 


107,398 


147,128 


260,222 


36.12 


63.88 


Va. 


36,889 


425,153 


462,042 


603,008 


43.37 


56.63 


N. C. 


14,612 


205,017 


219,629 


419,200 


34.38 


65.62 


S..C. 


6,714 


251,783 


258,497 


231,812 


52.72 


47.28 


Geo. 


1,763 


149,676 


151,439 


189,-566 


44.42 


55.58 


Ala. 


571 


41,879 


42,450 


85,451 


3.3.19 


66.81 


Miss. 


4^8 


32,814 


33,272 


42,176 


44.12 


55.88 


ba. 


10,476 


69,064 


79,540 


73,383 


51.85 


48.15 


Ten. 


2,729 


89,097 


82,826 


339,727 


19.59 


80.41 


Ky. 


2,759 


126,732 


129.491 


'434,644 


22.94 


77.06 


Ohio, 


4,723 


None. 


4:723 


576,572 


0.81 


99.19 


Ind. 


1,230 


190 


1,420 


145,758 


0.96 99.04 


m. 


457 


917 


1,374 


53,788 


2.491 97.51 


Misso. 


347 


10,222 


10,569 


56,018 


15.89 84.11 


Mich. T. 


174 


None. 


174 


8,591 


1.97 98.03 


Ark. T. 


59 


1,617 


1,676 


12,582 


11.80 88.20 


Go. D. 

Total, 


4.048 


6,377 


10,425 


22,614 


31.59 68.41 


233,400 


1,531,436 


1,764,836 


7,856,269 


18.33 81.67 



Tabll \H. Showing the number of persons engaged m Agjdc;^!- 
1 ure, Co.mmercc, and Manufactures, in each of the United States ; 
together with the proportion which each class forms of the whole 
yiopulation. 





Persons engaged in j 


Agriculture. ^ . 


Commerce. | 


Manufactures, j 


i 


Proper- j 


Num- 


Propor- 


A am- 


Proper 


States. 


Number.! 


tion 1 
18.5 


ber. 

4,297 


tion. 


ber. 


CiOii. 


Maine, 


55,031 


1.5 


7,643 


2.5 


N. H. 


52,384 


21.4 


1,068 


4 


8,699 


3.5 


Mass. 


63,460 


12.1 


13,301 


2.5 


33,464 


6.4 


R.I. 


12,559 


15.1 


1,162 


1.4 


6,091 


7.3 


Conn. 


50,518 


18.4 


3,581 


1.3 


17,541 


6.4 


Vt. 


50,951 


21.6 


776 


.3 


8,484 


3.6 


N.Y. 


247,648 


18.0 


9,113 


.66 


60,038 


4.3 


N.J. 


40,812 


14.4 


1,830 


.66 


15,941 


5.7 


Pa. 


140,801 


13.4 


7,083 


.67 


60,215 


5.7 


Dela. 


13,259 


18.2 


533 


.7.3 


2,821 


4.0 


Mdk. 


79,135 


19.4 


4,771 


1.2 


18,640 


4.5 


IVir. 


276,422 


25.9 


4,509 


.4 


32,336 


3.0 


N. C. 


174,196 


27.3 


2,551 


.4 


11,844 


1.8 


\6.C. 


161,560 


32.9 


2,580 


.5 


6,488 


1.3 


JGeo. 


101,185 


29.6 


2,139 


.6 


3,557 


1.0 1 


lAla. 


30,642 


24.0 


452 


.3 


1,412 


1.1 


Miss. 


22,033 


29.2 


294 


.4 


650 


.9 


jLou. " 


53,941 


35.1 


6,251 


4.1 


6,041 


4.0 


Tenn. 


101,919 


24.1 


882 


.2 


7,860 


1.8 


Ken. 


132,161 


23.4 


1,617 


.3 


11,779 


2.0 1 


Ohio, 


110,991 


19.0 


1,459 


.2 


18,956 


3.3 


fnd. 


31,074 


21.1 


429 


.3 


3,229 


2.2 1 


iUli. 


12,395 


22.5 


233 


.4 


1,007 


1.8 t 


iMisso. 


14,247 


21.4 


495 


.8 


1,952 


3.0 


!Mich. T. 


1,468 


16.6 


382 


4.4 


196 


2.0 


lArk. T. 


3,613 


25.4 


79 


.5 


179 


1.2 


Col. D. 


853 


2.6 


512 


1.6 


2,184 


6.6 


'Total, 


2,055,499 


21.4 


72,397 


.75 


549,2*}/ 


3.5 



32H APPENDIX. 

Table VII. Of the Commerce of the U. State?. 

IMPORTS. 

Statement of the value of Merchandise imported into the United 

States^ for the year ending September 30, 1824. 

In Americal vessels. In foreign. Total. 
Free of duty, - - - 11,730,944 832,829 12,563,773 
Paving advalorem duties, - 37,825,847 3,424,986 41,250,833 
Do. specific duties, - - 25,708,262 1,026,139 26,734,401 

Total during the year - 75,265,053 5,283,954 80,549,007 

Of the imports, the principal articles were : 
Specie - - |8,047,578 Spirits- 
Manufactures— 5,577,774 glls. $2,142,620 

Of Wool, - 8,030,985 Molasses— 

Of Cotton, - 8,508,243 13,117,724 glls. 2,413,643 

Of Silk, . 7,202,334 Teas— 

Of Flax, - 3,873,615 8,934,487 lbs. 2,786,252 

Of Hemp, - 1,077,969 Coffee— 

Oflron and Steel, 2,505,291 39,224,251 lbs. 5,437,029 

Wines — Sugar — 

2,101,359 glls. 1,050,398 94,379,764 lbs. 5,406,568 

Of the imports, six descriptions of Merchandise, viz. Specie, 
Manufactures of Wool, Cotton, and Silk, Coffee, and Sugar, amount- 
ed in value to f 42,633, 737, and formed more than one half the 
Avhole importations made during the year. 

EXPORTS. 

Statement of the value of Domestic and Foreign Produce exported 
during the year ending September 30, 1824. 
DOMESTIC. FOREIGN. 

Product of the sea, 1,610,990 Mer'dise free of duty, 8,115,082 
do. of the forest, 4,889,646 Merchandise paving ad- 
do. agriculture, 38,995,198 valorem duties, 9,724,073 
Manufactures, 3,264,421 Merchandise paying 
I'licertain, 1,889,245 specific duties, 7,498,002 



Total 50,649,500 Total foreign, 25,337,157 

Total domestic, 50,649,500 



Total Domestic and Foreign 75,986,657 
Of the exports of foreign produce during the year. 

Ent'd to drawback. Not ent'd to drawback. 
Merchandise free of duty, 8,115,082 

Paying ^^'"t'es a<3va^or€m, 8,565,719 1,158,354 

Paving snecific duties, 7,308,209 189,793 



15,873,928 9,463,229 





APPH^fDIX'. 


3"29 


Of the exports, the 


principal articles were, of 




DOMESTIC PRODUCE. 


FOREIGiN PRODUCE. 


The Fisheries 


1,610,990 


Gold and silver coin, 


7,014,552 


Lumber 


1,734,586 


Manufactures— 




Ashes, Pot and Pearl, 


1,613,796 


Of Wool, 


555,973 


N. stores, tar, &,c. 


555,055 


Of Cotton, 


2,152,299 


Wheat, flour, and bis- 




Of Silk, 


1,816,325 


cuit, 


5,977,255 


Of Flax, 


1,560,822 


Indian corn and meal. 


736,340 


Of Hemp, 


68,865 


Rijce, 


1,882,982 


Of Iron and Steel, 


382,292 


Tobacco, 


4,855,566 


Coffee, 


2,823,079 


Cotton, 


21,947,401 


Sugar, 


998,168 


Flax-seed, 


504,327 







Of the exports of domestic produce. Cotton and Tobacco amount- 
ed in value to 26,802,967 dollars, and formed more than one half of 
the whole domestic exports during the year. 

The whole amount of specie imported was $8,047,578 

The whole amount of specie exported was 7,014,552 



Keavfeg a balance imported iu the ct)untry 



$1,032,306 



Table Vfll. Showing the expense of building and completely 
equipping vessels of war, of different rales, in the U. States, to- 
,g-ether with the annual expense of each when in actual service, ac- 
cording to the estimate of the Secretary of the Navy in 1811. 





Expense 


»f building. 


Annual ex- 




Cost of each 


Rate. 


Per gun. 


rate. 


pense. 


74 


4,500 


333,000 


211,784 


60 


4,500 


270,000 


140,000 


50 


4,500 


225,000 


115,214 


44 


4,500 


198,000 


110,000 


36 


4,500 


162,000 


102,000 


32 


4,000 


128,000 


82,000 


20 


3,500 


70,000 


50,202 



2 F 



AMERICAN CAXAL^ 

J^'Ckle iX. ^hjowin? the principal Canals in the U. ^afe^ an2 
(.'anada, witt poini-s coanected, length, width, depth, lociace, and 



:^iaUs. 



.Same c> Foinis coniuckd. 



jXDana- ^ Lachine and Montreal, 

i da. ^WeUand, . - - - 

I ^ VVinnipi^DgEC 1. and Pisquata- 



4^ 



:n. H. 



;vt. 



qua r. 
I Merrimack 



r. and Connect!- 



F= 



I^onn. 



y. Y 



Bel. 
Virsj'a. 

;S.C. 

Klor. 

.Ken. 
bhf<*. 



SChamplain 1. and Connecticut r. 
Mcmphremaffog 1. and Connec-j 
ticut r. ~ - - - I 
Champlain 1. and Qttcr creek, | 
( Middlesex, - - - - 

Cape Cod, - - - - j 
J Boston and Xarra^.set bay, i 
; Boston and Hudson r. 
t Hampshire and Hampdco, 
Blackstouc, 

Farraiugton, ... 
I Lrie and Hudson^ 
j Champlain and Hudson, 
i -Hudson and Dela^rare, 
-,' Niagara Mnal, 

I Erie canal and St. Lawrence r. 
I Chejiaiifio r. and Erie canal, 
I Cayuga^, and Susquehanna r. 
^Morris, . . _ - 
( Delavrare asd Raxitan, 
i Cuion, - . - - i 
-- Schuylkill river car.xis, 
f Lan<n[ister, 
Delaware, and Chesapeake 
Dismal Swamp, - 
Santee, 

Florida, 



Cost. 



FfFi'Fift[ D(dlar9. 



30' 4 



25 

27 30 

■26 60 
178 
2S 



888,000 
590,982 



58 

360 

64 



124 36 
60, 
12? 

96 

31 



334 

501 

500} 
1451 



1 

136 

160 

26<r 1,250,000 
43 5 3281,6,023,172! 
41 6, 298. 206.000 



470.000 



R4fii0 
i 78 36! 
illl 
1 18 



4, 218 350,000] 

4) 660 8,248.000? 

4' 197 875,0001 

4 1332 1,600,000 

8i 317! 

I 635; 855,630 

11032' 715,478. 

"60; 320,000 

32! 4.1627'l,000.000: 



Louisville and Pcriland, 
^ Ohio and Erie, - 
\ Ohio and Mad river, - 

!phio. ( Chesapeake and Erie, 
.fn^d. Maumee and Wabash, 
Jli. Michigjin and Illinois, 



22f35 

12. 

18 



60 10; 

38 5A! 
1: 



213; 

466 1,-200,000'. 

588 l,500,00l> 
63i 53.24(« 
10l,200,QDO' 
32; 4€0,0l>l>; 

1081 650.667 



306 
i 67 



•500 



41185 3^081,879' 
4, 30Si 643,52<* 



30 



300,000 



^. 4 70 1,000,000 i 



Ldclujte caiutL This canal was compleied la'st llTll. It cQimeCt's 
^Montreal with the village of Lachine, at the heud of the rapidi ii; 
the St. Lawrence, 7 miles above. 

JVdland canal. This canal opens a sloop navigation across tJi'e 
peninsula, from the mouth of Twelve mile creek in lake Ontario, ill 
a SW. direction to the mouth of Grand river in lake Erie, where a 
harbour is to be constructed. The ditference of level batv/een til's 
two lakes is 334 feet, and this is overcome by 35 locks. Lake Eri"^ 
Is to be the feeder of the canal through its whole extent. 

Winnipiseogee and Piscataqua canal. The route of this canal i?; 
from the mouth of Merrymeeting river, at the southern extremity o 
Winnipiseogee lake, to the Cocheco branch of the Piscataqua, hn- 
low the landing iu Dover. The route was surveyed iu the summer 
of 1825, and a subscription has been opened within a few months 
for the whole stock. 

• Merrimack and Cojinecticui. The route of a canal from the 
Merrimack to the Connecticut, through Sunopee lake, was surveyed 
in 1816, and found to be impracticable> at a less expense thUn 
42,000,000; the amount of lockage necessary being 1600 fe€t. 
Another route has been recently proposed, from Plymouth up the 
valley of Baker's river, and down the valley of Oliverian river, to 
Haverhill. The lockage on this route, it is supposed, would not bti 
more than 500 feet. 

Chconplain and Connecticut. Commissioners, appointed for tlm 
purpose, at a meeting of citizens in June 1B25, in Montpelier, have 
reported that a canal is practicable from lake Champlain, throii!?'h 
the valley of Onion river, to the Connecticut. They propose that 
it should commence at Burlington, and proceed up the valley ot' 
Onion river to INIontpelier, which is elevated 394 feet above the 
level of lake Champlain. From Montpelier to the Connecticut-, 
three routes have been proposed, viz. 1. the northern route, through 
Peacham, and down the valley of Wells river; 2. the middle roure, 
through Barre and WiUiamstown, and thence to the mouth of White 
river ; 3. the southerH route, u,p the valley of Dog river, and through 
Koxbury, to the mouth of White river. The lockage on the first oi" 
these routes, including that from lake Champlain to Montpelier. 
-villbe 2189 feet ; on the second, 1243 ; and on the third 1451. On 
the third route there are very few obstacles to encounter ; the com- 
missioners seem inclined to prefer this, on the whole, to either of the 
other. 

Memphremagog and Connecticut. Several routes have been pvcr- 
posed for the canal, but the one which is preferred, as present in^^ 
the fewest obstacles, is from lake Memphremagog, up the valley ot* 
Clyde river, nearly to the source of that stream, thence down thti 
valley of Nulhegan river to the Connecticut. The lockage on thi*? 
route will be only 791 feet, while ©n the route by Barton and l*as-, 
sumpsic rivers, it will be 1278 feet, and on that by Black river and 
.I'or's brook, 2245. 

rjimnrtinfn and Offrr canal This canal AviTl j^o'-qp^ rrcTn Rjir'r 



land, on Otter creek, in Vermont, through Casiletpn, to WhitfihuJI, 
at the head of lake Champlain, in New York. It will open a Uoat 
navigation by canal and creek, of about 76 miles, into one of tlie 
finest districts in Vermont. 
Middlesex. See Middlesex canal in the Gazetteer. 

Cape Cod canal. Two routes have been proposed for a sloop 
canal across the isthmus of Cape Cod; one from the mouth of Back 
river, in Buzzard's bay, to the mouth of Scusset river on Barnstable 
bay, a distance of 7 miles ; and the other from Barnstable harbour, 
to Hyannus harbour. To the first of these routes, there appear to 
be insurmountable objections, arising from the shoals on Buzzard's 
bay, near its entrance^ and the want of a harbour of the Barnstable 
side. On the second route there is a harbour at each end of the ca- 
nal ; but a great obstacle here is the height of the intermediate 
ground, requiring a lockage of 1G9 feet. 

Boston and JVarraganset canal. The route of "this proposed Cic- 
nal commences at Weymouth landing, in Boston harbour,^ and pro- 
ceeding m a southerly direction to Taunton, at the head of sloop 
navigation, on Taunton river, 20 miles from its entrance into Nar- 
raganset bay. 

Boston and Hudson r. The ^commissioners appointed by the 
legislature of Massachusetts, to survey a route for a canal from 
Boston harbour to Hudson river, made a report at their last session, 
(Feb. 1826,) accompanied by an engraved plan of the route, which 
they recommend. This route commences on Boston neck, and 
passes' through Brookline, Brighton, Watertown, Waltham, We.s- 
ton, Lincoln, Sudbury, Acton, Littleton, Groton, Shirley, Lunen- 
burgh, Leominster, !Fitchburg, Ashburnham, Winchendon, and the 
valley of Miller's river, to the Connecticut. Thus far the route ha*s 
been accurately surveyed, and the expense to this point ^is estimated, 
at 3,000,000 dollars. The lockage between Boston and the Con- 
necticut will be 1959 feet. From the Connecticut it is! proposed to 
continue the canal through the valleys of Deerfield andHoosacrJ 
vers, to the Hudson, a distance of 78 miles. Lockage of this par- 
of the route 1322 feet; expense ^3,023,172, of which $920,832 is 
for a tunnel, 4 miles long, through Hoosac mountain. 

Hampshire and Hampden canal. Route': from Northampton c,n 
Connecticut river, through Westfield to Southwick, on the Con- 
necticut line, where it will unite with the Farmington canal, vj^hicTi 
leads on to New Haven. The canal is not yet commenced. 

Blackstone canal. Route : from tide water at Providence, to 
Woouso|jett falls, in Blackstone river near the Massachusetts line» 
and thence up the valley of the Blackstone, to Worcester. It is 
expected that this canal "will be completed, and opened for naviga- 
rion this year (1826.) 

Farmington canal. See this article in Gazetteer. 

Erie and Hudson canal. See JVew York in Gazetteer. 

Champlain and Hudson canal. See New York in Gazetteer* 

IJelatoare and Hudson canal. This canal, which is to connect 
Hud'^n river with fhe Laidfawjrxe;! coal nfTin^s. CQnfmences tnlhf 



KoiMout creak, 2 ami a lialf miles from Kino^stQii, N. Y. and 3 miles 
ifiom the Hudson, and proceeds up the valley of the Rondout, anil 
down that of the Neversink, to the Delaware, which it enters 20 
miles below the mouth of the Lackawaxen. The distance from the 
Hudson to the Delaware on the canal line, is 64 miles, and the 
InckWge 616 feet. The whole of this section is to be completed by 
the 1st of October, 182'6. From the junction with the Delaware, tlig 
<?anal is to proceed up the valley of that river to the mouth of the 

, Lackawaxen ; and thence up the valley of the Lackawaxen, and 
that of the Dyberry, one of its branches, to Keen's pond, which is 
live miles NE. of the principal coal mines, and about the same dis.- 

j tance SW. of Bethany, Wayne co. Pa. 

I Alagara canal. A company was incorporated more than a year 
since, to cut a canal for boats around the falls of Niagara, on the 
American side of the river; and recently they have petitioned ftjr 

I an extension of their capital, and for permission to make a slot>p 

j canal. The distance in which the navigation is interrupted is only 

' e'fght miles, and terminates at LewisJown, ^yhere sloops from t"h'e 

,\ Ipwer lake arrive. 

Efie and St. Lawrence. Three routes have been recently surveyeTl 
fi;omthe Erie canal to the St. Lawr,ence, at Ogdensburgh ; 1. from 
Herkimer, the valley of Black river; 2. from Rome, by Boonville ; 
3, from Rome, by Camden. The lockage on the first is 1831 feti.t ; 
on the second, 1587, and on the third, 535. The last we presume 
will be preferred, and we have therefore given its length and <j5t|- 
niated cost in our table. 

Chenango and Erie. The route of this proporsed canal, wlii(^ 
1ms been recently surveyed, commences at Chenango point, t^c 
Binghamton, at the junction of Chenango river with the Susque- 
hanna, and proceeds up the vulley of the Chenango, and thence to 
the Erie canal, at Whitesborough. 

Cayuga and Susqitehanna. The route of this canal has been re 
cfeTitly surveyed. It commences on Cayuga lake, near the mouth of 
the Cascadilla, and proceeds through Ithaca, along Mud crefi'k axiV 
the valley of Owego, to the Susquehanna. 
Morris canal. See JVew Jersey. 
JDelaware and JRaritan canal. See JVao Jergf^y. 
Union canal. See Pennsylvania. 
Schuylkill river canals. See Pennsylvania. 

Lancaster canal. This canal is to proceed C:Om the city of Lnn- 
casler, to the Susquehanna river, and is to be completed by the 4th 
of July, 1827. 

Delaware and Chesapeake. This canal commences on Delaware 
river 6 miles below Newcastle, and runs thence in a direction S. of 
W. 13 and a half miles, to the navigable waters of the Chesapeake, 
iU Back creek, 4 or 5 miles south of Frenchtown. The summit 
level, which is only 8 feet above the level of common high wat^ir in 
the Delaware and Chesapeake, will be supplied with water for the 
present from several small creeks and mill-ponds, and if at a future 
clav a greafer quantity shonJ.d be r^vanted, it may be obtained either 

t 



by tide po^J er operating upon a water-wheel, or by deepe"uii!g- lift' 
canal ten feet in about half the route, which will reduce its level tu 
that of common high tides. Mr. Randel, engineer, at whose sug- 
gestion the directors adopted this route, states that by expending 
^,000,000 dollars, it may be so Improved as to admit the navigation 
of frigates drawing 20 feet of water. At the eastern termination of 
tTie canal a semicircular harbour, containing about 20 acres, is to hB 
made in the Delaware river. This canal will be finished iu a shoit 
tune. Two thousand men were employed upon it last summer. 

Dismal Swamp canal. This canal extends from Deep creek^ a 
^>ranch of the south brmch of Elizabeth river, 7 miles above Xoriolk, 
through the Dismal Swamp, to Joyce's creek, which discharges it- 
Slelf into the Pasquotank, 30 miles from its mouth in Albemarle 
a)und. The canal receives an abundant supply of water through a 
feeder 3 and a half miles long, leading from lake Drummond, a na- 
tural reservoir in the centre of the swamp, 15 miles in circumference, 
and about 6 feet higher than the level of the canal. The descent to 
the tide of each extremity of the canal is effected by a pair of locks 
of 16 feet lift. The Congress of the U. States have recently sub- 
scribed for 600 shares of the canal stocks, amounting to ^150,000 to 
enable the company to enlarge the width and depth of the work to 
correspond with those of the Chesapeake and Delaware, and thfc 
Delaware and Raritan canals. 

Santee canal. This canal, which was completed in the year 1S02> 
connects the Santee with Cooper river, and brings the trade of the 
itdrthera part of the state, and a large section of North Carolina, di- 
rectly to the city of Charleston, and removing the neces.sity of a 
circjiitous and iaconvenient voyage down the Santee, and along the 
sea-shore. 

Florida canal. Two routes have been proposed for a sloop canal 
across the isthmus of the Florida peninsula. The northern rout * 
eiomraenceson the Atlantic at the mouth of the St. Mary's, whicli 
ibrms the boundary between Georgia and Florida, and proceeds up 
the channel of that river nearly to its source ; thence, b\ an inde- 
pendent canal about 18 miles long to the Suwaney, which it meets iu 
the upper part of its course ; and thence, down the channel of the 
Suwaney to the gulf of Mexico. The southern route proceeds up 
the St. Johns and one of its branches, and then across by an inde- 
pendent canal of 12 miles, to a branch of the Suwaney. On each of 
these routes the dis^ice from the Atlantic to the gulf of Mexico is 
about 90 miles ; and the cutting, as we have stated, only 12 miles by 
one route, and 18 by the other. For a ship channel, however, 24 or 
perhaps 36 maybe required. This canal will save, by a short cut, 
a navigation of 1200 miles around the peninsula of Florida. 

Teiirvessee and Alabama canal. Tliis contemplated canal is in- 
tended to connect the waters of Tennessee river with those of the 
Alabama, and the gulf of Mexico. This communication is to com- 
mence at the mouth of the Hiwassee river, a SE. branch of the Ten- 
«iegsee, a beautiful stream, 3190 yards wide, navigable 40 miles, to 
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kaves the mountains, is the mouth of the Gcoah, gr Okoa, a branch 
of the Highwassee, navigable for boats of any burden 4 miles from, 
its mouth, to the shoal at Hildebrand's mills, just below which, the 
Uniting canal, which is wholly in the state of Tennessee, conir 
mences, and is to be continued along a level well timbered valley, 
parallel with Chilhowee mountain, 4 miles W. of it, between 8 and 
10 miles, to the Canasaga, a deep rapid stream, 40 yards wide, 
course SW. which, 26 miles below the entrance of the canal, unites 
with Coosawater river, and their mingled waters take the name of 
Eastanalla river ; which, with Hightowah, form Coosa river. From 
this point to the Ten Islands, in Coosa river, about 100 miles, the 
river is deep, and its navigation unobstructed ; thence to the nearly 
Cypress shoals, is 60 miles. These shoals will require a canal of 2 
miles. Tlrence to its junction with the Tallapoosa, the Coosa is of 
easy navigation. These two riiers united form the Alabama, whicli 
unites w^ith the Tombigbee, and together pour their waters into Mo- 
bile bay, and the gulf of Mexico. 

Lovdsville curtd Portland canal. A company incorporated by the 
Kentucky legislature have entered into a contract with a number of 
xespectable men who have engaged to complete a canal of the di- 
mensions mentioned in the table, around the falls of the Ohio at 
Louisville, in October 1827, for |370,000. The canal must be dug 
in some places to a depth of 27 feet. The fall at low water js about 
22 feet, and will require three locks of dimensions sufficient to pass 
ships of 400 ton^. 

Ohio a7xd Erie canal. The route of this canal commences at 
Portsmouth, on the Ohio, at the mouth of the Scioto, and proceeds 
up that valley to the mouth of Big Belly or Walnut creek, ten miles 
below Columbus ; thence, up the valley of "Walnut creek to the 
Licking summit. From this summit the route proceeds down the 
valley of Licking, to the mouth of the Rocky fork of Licking, and 
thence across to the valley of the Tomaka, down which it proceeds 
nearly to the junction of the Tomaka with the Muskingum. From 
this point the level of the canal begins ±o ascend, and the route pro- 
ceeds up the valley of the Muskingum and the Tuscarawas, one cf 
its branches to the portage between the Tuscarawas and the Cuya-- 
hoga, across which it proceeds, 5 miles, to the Cuyahoga river, and 
down the valley of that river to Cleaveland on lake Erie. For tlie 
last six miles it is proposed to make use of the bed of the river by a 
tow-path alang the bank. — The lockage in ascending from lake Erie 
to the Portage summit, is 395 feet ; in decending from that summit 
to the Tomaka, 229 feet ; in ascending from Tomaka river to the 
Licking summit 152 feet \ in descending from that summit to the 
' Ohio, 408 feet. — The Erie and Ohio canal was commenced on the 

I^th of July, 1825. It is expected that about 50 miles of the line, 
embracing the part nearest lake Eric, will be completed in the fall 
I of 1826, and the remainder in the course of two or three years after- 
wards. It is estimated that the revenue from tolls immediately af- 
ter the completion of the v/hole line, will amount to 4 per cftn^. oji 
the cost, ?nd to 6 ger cent, witljin five years aff^f. 



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Ohio and Mad riHer canal. The line of this canal commences on 
Mad river, one mile above its confluence with the Miami at Dayton-, 
iind proceeds down the Miami valley, on the eastern side of the 
river — through Middletown to Hamilton, and then bears off from 
the river iii a south-easterly direction, and passes into the valley of 
]\lill creek, and thence to Cincinnati, where it terminates in a large 
basin, from which boats will descend, by locks, 1(]3 feet, to the 
<5hio. It is intended to let the waters of the Miami into the canal 
at Middletown and bring them to Cincinnati for hydraulic purposes. 
It is estimated that sufficient water can be obtained in this way to 
keep in- constant operation 60 pairs of 4 and a half feet mill-stones, 
and that the water rents will yield an annual revenue of ^0,000. 
'J?he canal is to be completed in 1827, and when in full operation it 
Is estimated that it will yield a revenue of 6 per cent. The legis- 
lature of Ohio propose to extend this canal at some future day, from 
Dayton, through the valleys of the Miami, Loramies creek, Auglaize 
and Maumeo, to lake Erie. The line of a canal on this route ha^ 
been surveyed by able engineers, who pronounce the work practl* 
c.able. The whole length of a canal from the Ohio to lake Erie on 
this roJte would be 290 miles, the amount of lockage 889 feet, and 
the expense 3,221,000 dollars. 

Chesapeake and Erie canal. The route of this canal will ccurN 
mence on the tide waters of the Chesapeake and proceed up the 
valley of the Potomac nearly to the source of that river, and thence 
i^p\\^ either the valley of Cheat river or the Youghiogeny to tht; 
^Tonongahela, and down the Monongahela valley to Pittsburg- 
From Pittsburg it is proposed to descend the valley of the Ohio to 
the mouth of the Big Beaver, and thence to ascend the valley of the 
Big Beaver, pass near Conneaut lake, and descend to the mouth or 
Klk creek on lake Erie. 

Maumee and Wabash ctinal. Congress in 1824 authorized tbe 
state of Indiana to cut a canal through the public lands from tT\p 
navigable waters of the Wabash to those of the Maumee, which 
empties into lake Erie. T^e^^ill requires that the survey should be 
completed in three years, arid the canal in twelve. 

^fichigan and Illinois canal. It has been proposed to cut a cau^l 
from the shore of Lake Michigan, near Chicago, to the ftfot of the 
lower rapids of the Illinois, near the mouth of Vermillion river, a 
dfstance of 90 miles. Below these rapids to the mouth of the Illi'* 
nois, the river is deep, its current gentle, and the navigation unob- 
structed through the year. Those acquainted with the country sav 
that there are apparently no obstacles in the way of the proposea 
c,anal. The ground gradually descends from the lake ; the whole 
descent is not more than 60 or 70 feet, and the line could be fed from 
the lake'.through its whole length. It is supposed that the expense 
vv'ould not esceed 1,00.0,0.00 dollar.^. No accutate snt-vey, however, 
■ITS ret h.ep,n made. 

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